That weight was for a wing, done by a home builder I mean. Most Mach2's are in the mid-high 30kg range ready to sail; a 40mm mast is a bit over 2kg, boom about 1.5kg, sail something like 4-5kgs. Then rigging, prodder etc. - so maybe 10kg max for a conventional rig.
The primary question is...
Long enough to get the horizontal at the same-ish depth as the CB horizontal I suppose, if not deeper. The only thing I think that needs to be avoided is the CB horizontal's wake.
Awesome, thanks for all the info. I kind of got the impression from your first post that you'd done a Kevlar hinge across the length of the whole foil. Interesting point about drilling into the flap rather than gluing it in the same fashion as the main part of the foil, too. Phil has actually...
I managed to sail about 1km upwind nursing it back when I started to feel the vibrations... Was pretty scary...
Got any pics of the Kevlar fix? How deep and thick was the slot you cut? Did you do a Sika layer on top? Really want to do this before worlds.
Templates:
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=122813
Guide (I used cardboard from a newsagent, worked fine):
http://www.bladerider.com.au/support/foil_hinge_replacement.pdf
Use White Sika if you can, it's meant to be more...
No blog posts since the one that's for sale was finished and sailed seemingly only once. Unfortunately ( :rolleyes: ) another failed dinghy class project...
And no other team has ever lost a cup? Fuck TNZ, right? What assholes for wanting another go and being hesitant about it because of the ridiculously high mountain of resources it takes to do it. Who else would you say should steer at this point? Barker is the most experienced at this point and...