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algonquin wrote:The attached info shows an Ospray with a vang attached.
http://www.gjenvick.com/BangorPunta/ODa ... spray.html
If your boat is using end boom sheeting like the one in the picture I could see the value of adding a vang. If your boat is already set up with mid boom sheeting the vang is probably only adding minimal performance.
ctenidae wrote:The one D&R sells for the Daysailer is 3:1- is that too little to be useful?
GreenLake wrote:ctenidae wrote:The one D&R sells for the Daysailer is 3:1- is that too little to be useful?
Not if you're strong!
GreenLake wrote:algonquin wrote:If your boat is using end boom sheeting like the one in the picture I could see the value of adding a vang. If your boat is already set up with mid boom sheeting the vang is probably only adding minimal performance.
OK, let's think that thought to its logical conclusion. The ideal sheeting position should then be next to the mast.
algonquin wrote:GreenLake wrote:OK, let's think that thought to its logical conclusion. The ideal sheeting position should then be next to the mast.
I don’t like logical conclusions. Sounds good but sail shape would suffer and the boom would tend to flail out of control and a hard hat would become necessary to keep the “BOOM” from living up to its name.
algonquin wrote:I have used a vang on all my boats and wouldn’t sail without the benefit of one.
algonquin wrote:GreenLake I really hope you don’t go vangless much longer. Brad
ctenidae wrote:GreenLake wrote:ctenidae wrote:The one D&R sells for the Daysailer is 3:1- is that too little to be useful?
Not if you're strong!
At the end of the day, strong smeilling is about the best I can do...
ctenidae wrote:Unless I'm wrong, there's not a whole lot of trimming that has to be done with a vang, unless you're racing, right?
I've asked for the D&R vang for Christmas, and will call it off if a 3:1 vang is just pointless.
itsermam wrote:...and if I had read all of the preceding posts, rather than just the last one, I would have seen that I was restating what at least 5 other people had already said in one form or another.
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