from the workshop The new mast is laminated in the next few days at Lake Constance!
After comparing offers from different manufacturers and the decision against another DIY with the company we Steiner design Langenargen agree. By Andy Steiner, we have found a mast builder who not only has a huge experience, but also has taken the time to discuss with us our ideas and questions. From this there arose an optimized plan for us laminate.
The equipment of the mast profile, we will again make themselves and use it again so some existing parts.
Why was the mast failure last fall?
It seems that the internal profile of Segelnut solved and thus the pipe was weakened. Probably the bond was by accident when our mast sites affected in the spring already ...
In the photo you can see the ragged groove after a subsequent stress test:
and the key scene from the onboard video:
addition to the new mast has the torso outside are injected fresh because the painting has taken through the shrouds and the mast sections some damage.
addition to these unplanned work, it was actually already have enough points for this winter ...
Thus the operation of the canards is optimized. This left under pressure to raise difficult and lower. Likewise, the control of the angle of attack-not optimal. The Canard
rotates independently from the cross to windward, allowing a few degrees higher to sail to the wind. The angle can be controlled by the slider, and so the conditions or the price to be adjusted. On room-rate of the canard is fixed in the middle and pulled up.
And the list includes some further points:
- to repair new bellows for sealing the keel mechanism
No pit stops everything before the race to the rubber bellows:
- Genakersack for the decline
- Optimization diver sers pods lengths
- Optimization of the hiking straps
- ...
