Enjoy and join next year!



Ralph

http://www.plauer-segelwoche.de

Ducky 17 with a crew of 4 persons.
The small gennaker is made by a sailmaker.



Ralph

Copying D19 would be no improvement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-U4_B ... RE56TrPfYG

Have a look at 10:30.

Ralph

The austrian manufacturer "Grabner" recently developed a new inflatable catamaran called HC "Evolution". (4,65 m and 11,5 sqm) In comparison with D17 the boat has some disadvantages especially the soft rig and the insufficient turning mast construction. There is still a lot to improve left. But the ...

Hello,

to my opinion it should be no great problem to lower the boom and to use a larger mainsail. In this case, I urgently recommend a larger jib too.
Concerning the mainsail I would tend to lengthen especially the fore leach. So you keep the centre of effort more in front to avoid increasing ...

Air Pressure

As i know the Grabner inflatables from Austria stand much higher pressure than the adviced 0,3 bar. Even up to 1 bar before they start to burst. -

Ducky advices an air pressure of just 0,15 bar for the floats.

How much do they really stand? Certainly there are made various tests ...

Hello Vitaliy,

do you believe that the seam itself is not strong enough? It was welled by a professional. Do you have any idea, how I could test the seam?

Ralph