The Daily Sail - Comments

i made these for our 52...1

Ghpeet1 — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:25:38 +0100

In reply to Lou Varney presents 'The Reeler':

i made these for our 52...1 pull for the working sheet, no clutching, no emergency unclutch. 1:4 purchase with spectra going to a spindle connected to a big drum.

I think it's to do with the

229264 — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:28:19 +0100

In reply to US Sailing comment on the selection of kiteboarding:

I think it's to do with the medal chances of US in a kiteboarding class....

But what about supporting

chriswah — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:42 +0100

In reply to US Sailing comment on the selection of kiteboarding:

But what about supporting the current classes more and the heritage of the sports? Why not increase the classes? Also why not increase the number of sailors from countries, say the top ten countries get 2 boats per class?

Strange, she carries the

physical_plant — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:35:49 +0100

In reply to McConaghy 38 - carbon fibre skimming dish sportsboat:

Strange, she carries the same sail number as a McConachy 38 by the name of Carbonado.

I think it's going to cost a

229264 — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:14:49 +0100

In reply to Red Bull to back Youth America's Cup:

I think it's going to cost a bit more than 35k to enter....

Sorry. Had a few interweb

James Boyd — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:35:14 +0100

In reply to Red Bull to back Youth America's Cup:

Sorry. Had a few interweb connection issues - the link is now live

"The Notice of Race for the

Jonesey — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:45:53 +0100

In reply to Red Bull to back Youth America's Cup:

"The Notice of Race for the Youth America's Cup is available here." .. where?

Aberdeen Asset Mangements

strongarm — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:44:27 +0100

In reply to Cowes Week fireworks saved:

Aberdeen Asset Mangements share price will hopefully rocket as well on the back of this news......

Olympic swimmers are some of

trogers — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:53:33 +0100

In reply to The case against weight discrimination:

Olympic swimmers are some of the tallest athletes in the games....their weights aren't representative for a sport where height doesn't provide a speed advantage.

James, we are indebted to

381394 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:20:40 +0100

In reply to Volvo Ocean Race: Into the northeasterlies:

James, we are indebted to you for a decent technical update of events over night. I would recommend the official Volvo site entice you with some folded wedge and get you signed up!

Just heard that he's been

James Boyd — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:23:25 +0100

In reply to Missing Polish round the world yachtsman:

Just heard that he's been found. Zbigniew Gutkowski tells us: "After the media action seeking the lost sailor, was found near the Azores! Thank God he is alive and goes towards Brest."

Thanks Tim. Unfortunately

James Boyd — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:18:28 +0100

In reply to What next for the Volvo Ocean Race?:

Thanks Tim. Unfortunately there is a danger that both the VOR and IMOCA 60 classes may go one design, which will mean there is no offshore development class apart from the Multi50 and the Minis... This cannot be good for the sport in the long run.

Excellent article James,

Tim Penfold — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:07:32 +0100

In reply to What next for the Volvo Ocean Race?:

Excellent article James, it's great to get detailed factual information about the different breakages without the sensationalism. It will be very interesting to see what they do for the next race. Let's hope they can get more teams on the start line.

We're watching you! Go safe

goodchild — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:26:49 +0100

In reply to Sam Goodchild and Nick Cherry on the Transat AG2R:

We're watching you! Go safe and well and very very fast! JGEJ X

Juan, every body takes thier

Chris Sayer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:20:46 +0100

In reply to Juan K statement on the VOR breakages:

Juan, every body takes thier hat off to you for the job you have done in this and the last 2 Volvos. Dont blow it. By anyones book having to slow down becaues the hull is delaminating when nothing but water has been hit IS a structural issue. Sandersons story on this website quotes the same problems with the ABN boats. It does not take anything away from your team, when the limits are pushed something has to give at some stage.

Excellent article, its good

Jesus Renedo — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:52:07 +0100

In reply to Jury rig to Itajai:

Excellent article, its good to read first hand information after so many PR text saying the same everywhere.

I had to mentally add a lot

David Bains — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:06:08 +0100

In reply to Global Ocean Race: Cessna Citation returns to the North Atlantic:

I had to mentally add a lot of punctuation to unscramble that first paragraph!!

Nice one guys - go for it J

goodchild — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:43:53 +0100

In reply to Sam Goodchild and Nick Cherry on the Transat AG2R:

Nice one guys - go for it J xxx

Who said the Americas Cup

511773 — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:51:33 +0100

In reply to America's Cup World Series Naples: Dramatic opening day:

Who said the Americas Cup had to be in slow boats?

How does this stack up with

Ed white — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:29:40 +0100

In reply to Iker Martinez looks back at leg five:

How does this stack up with Juan K's comment about a tactical pit stop?

Thanks for your comments.

James Boyd — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:05:32 +0100

In reply to Mike Sanderson on the Volvo Ocean Race breakages:

Thanks for your comments. Fatigue is certainly an issue and one I should have mentioned. I first remember John Shuttleworth bringing this up with regard to carbon structures on his trimaran designs back in the early 1980s...

Fascinating article, no

381394 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:52:57 +0100

In reply to Ian Walker assesses the Abu Dhabi VO70 breakages:

Fascinating article, no doubt prompting plenty of armchair reaction. Here's another I'm afraid. I've used over expanded Nomex in areas of high curvature in multihull hulls and have had failures, and now think it has no place in offshore hulls due to reduced sheer properties in the expanded plane. I'm not a great fan of nomex in any carbon offshore hull as we found to our cost in early multihull carbon structures. The structural package is just far too brittle and unforgiving. The V70 hulls could be made far more durable by banning honeycombe cores and instigating a minimum core sheer value without detriment to the yachts performance. Perhaps it would add 400kg to the hull weight, but so what? It would be the same for all. We can cope with rudders and rigs failing, but I thought the days of chopping up bunks was history. Its unfair to blame the crews as they have no idea where the design limit resides - nor do the designers as who knows what wave awaits them in the dark?

Hi, great article! I am an

GBR7154T — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:08:31 +0100

In reply to Mike Sanderson on the Volvo Ocean Race breakages:

Hi, great article! I am an engineering student at University in the UK. Thinking about these breakages, and also other failures, such as the mast of Jeremie Beyou's IMOCA 60, and I was wondering why nobody seems to mention fatigue? Recently I was shown a variety of failed components none of which had failed whilst under an excessive load. A large load, or series of, had been experienced by the component at some point during its operational life causing damage to the component structure which lead to its failure much later when under a far lesser load. Clearly the use of ultra sound and x-rays to try and check the composite structure for cracks aims to identify such internal damage before failure occurs. However, the pattern of events seems similar. The Volvo race has been very tough on the boats, a large percentage of the course has been upwind with repeated rough sections resulting in repeated heavy loading. Is it really a surprise that the boat's structure is tired? Thinking again about Jeremie Beyou's mast, how often does a component fail and in the following write up we hear how much the component has already endured. As Jeremie commented 'This mast had sailed around the world already and was very solid'. Some failures, such as Puma's dismasting in leg 1, are not caused by fatigue, but by other factors, such as an error in construction. However, I would like to know why fatigue has not been mentioned, when the Volvo failures seem to have all the history that you might expect to lead to a fatigue failure.

There's no way back mate.

Mats Ohlsson — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:11:20 +0100

In reply to Mike Sanderson on the Volvo Ocean Race breakages:

There's no way back mate. But maybe designers will be more conservative and apply some flexibility in the hulls. The stiffness increases the loads immensely, and especially in the forward sections. It has been proven on rescue power craft that carbon is too stiff and that old glas & poly, albeit heavier and sloppier, is more durable.