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Telltail on Boom ?
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Shorty
Was out sailing today, I have a ribbon tied to the boom about 18" aft from
the gooseneck. Using it as a telltale instead of doing the coathanger-off-the-yard doo-hickey thing. Sure is in a convenient place to look at, but was wondering if the airflow over the sail is distorting it's direction -- what do you guys think? Shorty |
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Gail M. Turluck
Coathanger is the way to go. Behind the gaff air flow is definitely
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disturbed ... ~~~/)~~~~/)~~~/)~~~~~/)~~~~~~/)~~ Gail M. Turluck Sunfish 24186 ~~~/)~~~~/)~~~/)~~~~~/)~~~~~~/)~~ -----Original Message-----
From: Shorty [mailto:shorty@...] Was out sailing today, I have a ribbon tied to the boom about 18" aft from the gooseneck. Using it as a telltale instead of doing the coathanger-off-the-yard doo-hickey thing. Sure is in a convenient place to look at, but was wondering if the airflow over the sail is distorting it's direction -- what do you guys think? |
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