Et un message illustré de Guy à propos de la nouvelle garde-robe de Derwinis:
Bonjour à tous.
Une photo des nouvelles voiles de Derwinis. Enfin, car j’ai eu bien des soucis avec Technique voile qui s’est trompé deux fois: un fois en se trompant de voiles, une autre fois en se trompant dans les cotes! Bel exemple de professionalisme. Je navigue donc enfin depuis 2 semaines avec des voiles que j’avais payées en avril (à la réception du premier jeu donc qui n’était pas le mien…).
Ceci dit ces nouvelles voiles confirment une analyse que j’avais faite à propos du côté soi-disant gîtard de ce bateau. A présent, dans les surventes Derwinis gîte et accélère sans se vautrer, tout au plus faut il laisser la grand voile ralinguer le long du guindant de 1/4 à peu près dans les grosses risées.
Comme quoi le « moteur » fait beaucoup pour le bateau.
Bon vent à tous.
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sun2k, le mirroir du site http://www.sun2k.fr 
Salut Guy,
Bravo pour ce jeu de voiles neuves qui sur la photo et à te lire a l’air d’être un sacré plus, même s’il t’as fallu de la patience pour y arriver.
Je vois aussi que tu tangonnes ton foc. Pourrais tu en dire plus sur ton fournisseur du tangon. J’envisage de m’équiper de ce matos cet hivers.
Merci d’avance.
A +
Enfin quelqu’un respectueux du sommeil des autres !
Merci GUY de ne pas avoir laissé les drisses claquer le long du mât au port ou au mouillage, et même en navigation.
Guys ,
greetings from your only s2k member in Ireland where I have been enjoying some autumn sailing in Josephine around the many islands of west cork. Unfortunately I have completely destroyed my Genois having left it on the roller reef for a year without the sail having a UV protection strip. The edges of the sail are now like paper and tear at every possible opportunity. If only I had known that a mere 14 months of direct daylight destroys the exposed part of the sail! (This is not my first expensive mistake). I hope this obvious observation might be of some use to someone else.
Anyway, I need to get a replacement which will cost me about 450 euro but I have two queries which I hope your collective experience may be able to address;
Has anyone tried out a slightly longer Genois by removing the roller reefing and using the extra available length for additional sail area? I would imagine this additional length might help the boat point a good bit higher to the wind. I rarely use my spinnaker but would the omission of the roller reefing affect the use of the spinnaker?
Any observations would be welcome,
Richard
Good morning Richard,
Dear « Ireland member » ( 😉 ), removing the roller reefing is a dream for several of us, even if we must admit the it is a very comfortable option. The aim would be to put a real genoa, much bigger than the original one.
Unfortunately, I don’t think or remember we have any real testimony from owner who did that, but if you search on the site you may find photos of such modification.
Anyway any new sail will be flatter and will hep you to point higher to the wind.
Do you have any picture of your destroyed sail, to illustrate your comment ? (You can send them to me at sun2k@free.fr ).
Thank you for your comment.
Mat
hi Richard,
it is ironic that we do have UV strips on our jib of similar age but are also seriously considering replacement as although the sail is fully serviceable the strips seem to reinforce the edges to the extent that the stretch is concentrated in the central area and the shape is less than desirable,with a ‘hooked’ trailing edge.I have also considered the use of a true genoa as the standard item,although striking a nice balance against the mainsail,is not really usable alone when the wind is less than abeam,so ‘trickling’ along is difficult.Conversely the main seems to require the jib to become efficient.
Peter
I have come the full circle and am inclined to go the route of new jib with roller reefer for convenience. The benefits, apart from being cheaper, of being able to furl from the cockpit when cruising en famille outweigh the extra speed which is probably not an issue when going on a family picnic.
Richard