Here is a link to a video of our sail, unfortunately only the trip out as the camera battery gave out just before we turned back.
https://youtu.be/BnHplMljGNE
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- Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
- Replies: 10
- Views: 850
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:09 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
- Replies: 10
- Views: 850
Re: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
My son and I were sailing yesterday, we just sailed up and down the coast. Broad reach out and close on the wind back. With the spinnaker up we were doing 6 to 7 knots in 10 to 14 apparent. However coming home the best we could make was around 1 to 2 knots in a fairly consistent 12 to 16 apparent. I...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:25 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
- Replies: 10
- Views: 850
Re: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
I also had to significantly change how I trim the main, which was surprising to me. With the jib, the traveler really wants to be almost centered. I don't think that is surprising. Your jib is turning the airflow onto the main, so that can take a closer sheeting angle now but as it is a fractional ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
- Replies: 10
- Views: 850
Re: Freedom 21 new 'blade jib' design
That jib looks fantastic Ian. You can get a much flatter shape than my blade with camber spar. I find I can sheet the jib in but I can not change its shape, which is fixed and a compromise. In a blow I can not flatten it and head up. The other factor that limits pointing ability is the fat mast but ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade
- Topic: Freedom 40 CC "Gazella"
- Replies: 5
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Re: Freedom 40 CC "Gazella"
For information, my UK Freedom 21 has a solid fibreglass hull and decks, when I think other 21s are all cored, including one built in Ireland. So it is possible the 40 is as well.
Good luck
Good luck
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:10 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Gun-Mount Spinnaker Rigging Tweaks
- Replies: 9
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Re: Gun-Mount Spinnaker Rigging Tweaks
It is interesting to me that @iansan5633 and @newt2u have opposite experiences with improving reaching: loosening the tack vs bring it hard down to the pole, and vice versa for the clew. I wonder if this difference has to do with how high one is trying to point. I could easily imagine that one setu...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Gun-Mount Spinnaker Rigging Tweaks
- Replies: 9
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Re: Gun-Mount Spinnaker Rigging Tweaks
I agree that being able to adjust the pole without the hassle of fiddling with the clew lines is a big pro for your tweak but I also find it useful to be able to adjust them independently. I found recently that I get better upwind performance by loosening the forward clew (tack) while keeping the ot...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Electrical and Electronics
- Topic: Propane dilemma
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3376
Re: Propane dilemma
Mike, a couple of points I assume you will be using Lifepo4 for storage. In which case what you see if what you get, !00Ahrs means pretty much 100Ahrs. I use solar, mppt and inverter to provide a backup to mains power in my home I have a 200AHr battery, which I think cost me around £650. During the ...
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: Photographs and Drawings
- Topic: Freedom Videos
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26773
Re: Freedom Videos
We had a nice surprise on our last sail out of Whitehaven in the Irish Sea. I was trying to get video of how we use the spinnaker launching, etc. all from the cockpit to show a friend, when we had a visit from some dolphins. Luckily the camera was rolling although it is a wide angle one. Anyway, her...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:27 am
- Forum: Photographs and Drawings
- Topic: Freedom Videos
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26773
Re: Freedom Videos
Thanks Tom, I enjoy watching other people videos, especially Freedom boats. You look to be enjoying being on the water.
Here is another of our day yesterday, also 1 reef in but a bit of a nasty swell (at lest for our little F21).
https://youtu.be/maDWZ_HqVIA
Here is another of our day yesterday, also 1 reef in but a bit of a nasty swell (at lest for our little F21).
https://youtu.be/maDWZ_HqVIA