#Strider knives f27 mod#

How's this for another off the wall idea. Will never understand why they don't use self loading container trucks up your way.sooooo much easier. In a long haul race like this a small bit of luxury will make you faster. Even here in anything less than say 20 degrees C I need some sort of insulation below the hammock otherwise you quickly get cold kidneys from the air passing all around you. That is why we sling underquilts from outside of our hammocks rather than sleep in a bag. I see the issue of under insulation being exactly the same as when hammock camping.anything under you is compressed and thus less efficient. Personally not sold on the idea of having to wake up each tack as there was a lot of short tacking going on last year. A pod done that way would also lower your CG and be less of a hindrance to the deck sweeping main.

#Strider knives f27 mod#

Now if you want to get really complicated make it so the whole thing is movable ballast that the sailing crew can haul to windward without waking you up.yeah kinda fails the KISS test though.Ī pod that is laced into /suspended from the tramp and fwd beam might be one way to do a mod without getting too serious with the boats build. It also makes for the ideal spot to put your extra gear and provisions. fully enclosed just sounds way to dangerous IMHO. but just make sure you can be comfortable AND safe. I like Rantifarian's design idea and also making a hard floored 'pod' like Foiledagain suggests as it will solve the insulation (cold and noise) and wave slap to the head issue. dumped in the water, upside down in the dark in any form of bag or confined space and your ain and simple. I'd strongly suggest you test any setup in your nearest pool. Do you know how much of a difference this makes on the A-cats? I also like your deck sealing main sail design plans. It might also be nice if it were independent of the netting so that crew walking by or a random wave top dosn't rattle your cage. Maybe a piece of 30' x 80' 3/4' thick carbon/nomex flat panel would do the trick. But one comment from a team that used a gortex bivy sack was that the random wave slapping them through the net would wake them up right when they were starting to get to sleep (they were plenty tired too)- so they thought that having a solid bit of decking under them would have been a real help. It was really windy last year so it may be a completely different game in light winds. I know some of the teams last year tried sleeping on the nets of their cats and had a lot of trouble getting any real rest unless they went ashore. Looks like a rocket and it would be great to have it in some of the races up here. Team Turn Point Design here- congrats on your entry! I really like your boat and can't wait to see it sailing up here in the PNW.