Gorgeous seal on Horsey Beach. Horsey Beach is a short walk from Horsey Dyke and Windmill on the Norfolk Broads. Moorings and showers are available. If you would like to hire one of our sailing boats, please visit our web site at www.oliverssailingholidays.co.uk

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Un altro giorno fermi. Un altro giorno di incertezza su cosa fare domani. Al mattino salutiamo Jacopo e Roberta, che abbiamo incontrato per caso ieri in porto e con cui abbiamo condiviso una bella cena, raccontandoci dei progetti e delle vite reciproche. Andiamo a fare un tuffo prima di pranzo per schiarirci le idee e per vivere con Mirko il suo ultimo bagno prima della partenza. Alle 15:50 il taxi lo viene a prendere per portarlo in aeroporto. Diciamo che pensavamo di fare più strada, di vedere più luoghi, di fare più miglia. Ma che ci possiamo fare, sappiamo che andare per mare è così: se fa bello si naviga, se fa brutto si aspetta (quando è possibile). La situazione è la seguente: siamo ormeggiati in porto a Crotone. Lunedì è previsto scirocco. Uno di quegli scirocchi che non si limita a scompigliare i capelli, ma entra prepotente e si fa sentire. Così abbiamo due opzioni: restate fermi qui e aspettare che passi la finestra di brutto (fretta non ne abbiamo) oppure riprendere il mare, attraversare lo ionio e portarci in 24h a Brindisi e fermarci lì per aspettare che passi la depressione prevista. In tutto ciò abbiamo una finestra di bel tempo, che dura sabato e domenica, proprio il tempo che ci serve per andare da Crotone a Brindisi. La questione è: che fare? Siamo in fase di analisi da ormai due giorni. Le carte nautiche sono state sciupate, le previsioni studiate. Ci manca solo consultare Eolo in persona. Perciò a breve prenderemo una decisione, con priorità sempre e comunque alla sicurezza. A domani! 😄 Andrea

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► Just look at multihulls sailing all over the world - especially on longer passages: many of them leave their mainsail stowed on the boom. In the event of a squall or big gusts, it’s not always so easy to reduce sail quickly and calmly. That’s why the idea of a furling mainsail is so attractive. But until now, two systems have coexisted on the market, both of which Lagoon has found less than satisfactory: an in-mast furling system increases weight aloft and prohibits the use of conventional horizontal battens, while standard in-boom furling system uses a mandrel built into a housing – making it ultimately very heavy and even dangerous in the event of an impromptu gybe, and the crew can’t see what’s going on during hoisting and lowering maneuvers. The Lagoon Furling Boom, designed as an option for the Lagoon 46 and 51, favors the boom rather than the mast for furling, and dispenses with the need for a special housing. The sail therefore remains visible, like the good old roller booms of the 1960s... except that the system has progressed with a structure attached to the mast that offers a constant radius. The aim is to distribute the load from the battens onto the bolt rope, thus significantly increasing the life of the mainsail. The Lagoon Furling Boom is kept level by having a topping lift stop and includes a horizontal feeder adjustment (luff guide prefeeder), ensuring a more favorable angle of attack at the luff. During our tests at La Rochelle, the system proved functional provided four instructions were followed: - Fully release the mainsheet - Set the topping lift to the stop - Hold the catamaran head to wind - Maintain good tension on the luff during hoisting and lowering The electric winch takes 4 minutes to hoist the sail (only slow speed is used for safety). Only one point remains to be optimized: the feeder, left free laterally, runs the risk of pivoting and obstructing the passage of the first batten. A stop to limit the angle to 30° angle should solve the problem. The Lagoon Furling Boom is clearly an item of equipment that will encourage sailors to use their mainsail more often, but let’s not dream: it’s still impossible to reduce the sail area downwind without turning into the wind. This product is primarily designed for family and/or short-handed crews. An e-Watch option alerts the user, when using one of the winches, if the topping lift is not at the stop or if the mainsheet is not sufficiently eased. Price: €37,000 ex-tax, including the sail, for the Lagoon 46; €46,000 ex-tax, sail included, for the Lagoon 51. ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to Multihulls World's YouTube page now - https://www.youtube.com/c/MultihullsWorld ► Log on to our website to discover over 500 multihulls tests! Subscribe to our newsletter to take advantage of our promotions and boat show invitations! https://www.multihulls-world.com/ ► Follow us on Facebook! https://m.facebook.com/MultihullsWorldMag/?locale2=fr_FR ► Discover us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/multihulls_world/ ► Follow our multi news on X - https://twitter.com/multihullsworld?lang=fr ► Let’s talk about business on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/multicoques-mag-multihulls-world/ ► Like us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@multihullsworldmag @LagoonCatamarans1984 #lagooncatamaran #lagoon46 #lagoon51 #grandpavoisofficiel #larochelle #multihullsworld #multicoquesmag #catamaran #multihull #multicoque #furlingboom #lagoonfurlingboom

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UK Sailmakers uses very powerful 3-D CAD/CAM software for sail design, which create virtual 3-D molds that can be digitally sliced into two-dimensional panels that when joined back together re-create a full-size version of the designed mold. Thanks to powerful 3-D graphic renderings, designers can see how sail fit around the spreaders and shrouds as well as make sure the clew height and sheeting angles are right. They can also analyze how a main and genoa work together to make sure the boat stays balanced. What we are looking for is a sailplan and sail shapes that put the maximum driving force in precisely the right place to produce a perfectly balanced boat – and with the least amount of drag. Pat Considine, UK Sailmakers’ chief designer, goes a step further and uses Fluid Structural Interaction software, called FSI for short, as a virtual wind tunnel for refining sail designs and sail construction. FSI calculations are used to test proposed designs and cloth choices to make sure they are not built too strong (too heavy) or too weak (too light) for their expected loads. The FSI calculations will predict whether a design and construction will keep its shape properly as the rig bends, halyards are tightened and sheets are trimmed. Shown rotating in this video are two renderings of a Tripp 47 mainsail design. The side-by-side comparison shows the sail with no backstay tension and with max backstay trim. The FSI software allows Pat to rotate the two designs together to study their shape from any angle. In this case, Pat needed to be sure the draft would not move too far aft as the sail was flattened; likewise, he had to make sure the draft was not too far forward when the backstay was eased completely. The FSI program has made extremely accurate predictions of how specific sail designs will perform once made and trimmed in a variety of wind speeds. These tests ensure sails will meet the performance needs right out of the bag.

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