New rigg for Fila

After the parts for the rigg were sanded with 600grid paper they were polished

the rigg:

10 grams of weight was added to the mast with new parts, too much, would be better of with a carbon spreader, the main benefit is the reduction in bend.

the mast bends sideways only 2-3 cm when heeled 90 deg wich is alot les compared to previous 7-8cm without the spreader

Triming the main is much easier now that the twist of the sail doesnt increase that much when in a gust

Today i checked all the sistems and marked the basic setup

The telescopic bum enables fast changes to the depth of teh jib

reaching and downwind nothing has changed, the travel of the jib was bang on for butterflies, the jib weight is missing

The 3 points of improvement on this rigg are; easier trimming of the sails, less mast bend sideways(the boat accellerates better upwind), and the looks of the clean design which is to be refined with the mast head improvement and a new main boom, comming in a months time.

Weight of the mast is to be improved, by using a carbon spreader. The lower part of shrouds will be replaced with wire(now 50kg dyneema) because the rostfrei tensioners tend to cut the rope..

The upper seam of the next jib will get some camber(now all seams are flat) to keep the jibs luff abit tighter, now it opens too much under gusts.

I am looking forward to the race on saturday, it is the last race of the season, in case of a win i can win the naitional series, but the number of competitors will play a big role due to the new scoring method.