Hello all.
Yesterday, I stumbled upon this interesting concept video for a sailing trimaran canoe. I could not get it out of my mind. Note the interesting sail design and traveler system...
http://www.iqwoodwork.com//assets/images/gallery/trimaran/TrimHDVideo.mp4
I am really intrigued by this design. Its simplicity is what has my attention. The "main sheet" is essentially the "out haul" and the trim is controlled by the traveler. If you put a "true" traveler system on this boat, you would have great sail control. A roller furler would finish the picture. My question(s) is/are this... I am wondering about a small modification to this design along the lines of what has been done to a pivoting crab claw sail. The pivoting crab claw sail allows for "reefing" with the added benefit of lift on the boat....
For example, I found these pics of the pivoting crab claw in a google search.
by tilting the sail "horizontal" you reduce the lateral pressure on the sail and some of the "lift" of the sail is actually lifting the boat up out of the water... thus reducing the drag of the boat in the water (in theory).
So back to this sailing trimaran, ... what if you simply put the mast on a hinge and set up a system where you could control the athwart tipping of the mast... something like what I have in this crude diagram...
Would that make sense? Worth the trouble?
Yesterday, I stumbled upon this interesting concept video for a sailing trimaran canoe. I could not get it out of my mind. Note the interesting sail design and traveler system...
http://www.iqwoodwork.com//assets/images/gallery/trimaran/TrimHDVideo.mp4
I am really intrigued by this design. Its simplicity is what has my attention. The "main sheet" is essentially the "out haul" and the trim is controlled by the traveler. If you put a "true" traveler system on this boat, you would have great sail control. A roller furler would finish the picture. My question(s) is/are this... I am wondering about a small modification to this design along the lines of what has been done to a pivoting crab claw sail. The pivoting crab claw sail allows for "reefing" with the added benefit of lift on the boat....
For example, I found these pics of the pivoting crab claw in a google search.
by tilting the sail "horizontal" you reduce the lateral pressure on the sail and some of the "lift" of the sail is actually lifting the boat up out of the water... thus reducing the drag of the boat in the water (in theory).
So back to this sailing trimaran, ... what if you simply put the mast on a hinge and set up a system where you could control the athwart tipping of the mast... something like what I have in this crude diagram...
Would that make sense? Worth the trouble?