Beginner Tips

February 5th, 2010 - Last modified: 11. July 2010 @ 12:20

About differences in speed of different Finn-hulls to be told when raced occasionally adventurous and extravagant stories, You should, however, the quickly forgotten.
Based in practice sometimes observed differences in speed that is certainly not the modern Finn hulls but minor differences have their origin in a different setting of the mast and sail. (The sailors, however, most believe, not that the wrong trim but the boat was to blame, if it's not really läuftt).

Like me, President Friedrich Mueller DFSV in spring 2009 announced, He did bsw. between a Finn and a Lemieux-Pata, both equipped with the exact same rig and sails, determine the long-term comparison any differences in speed can, although the rocker data showed significant differences between the two Boats.

However, in modern Finn is a tendency to lower values (V-shaped Spantform)at frame 6 (Daggerboard forward) determine, which leads to a reduction of the water line width and to a lesser rocker for improved sliding characteristics.

A table with the data of different rocker Finn I here compiled.

Best Buy:

Who wants to sail along the front of the best buys the material, which is driven by the majority of Finn sailors:

Rumpf agswtn ab- 2004 Pata-hull or from 2005.

Wilke-, Hit,- Pata-Mast oder – latest generation.

Finn-Ruempfe


Devoti Finn- <– click

  • Market leader mit ca.  80 % Anteil bei Top-Events. Expensive, but high resale prices.
  • from 1993 Hull were the standard established
  • 2001 were next to the serial production ca. 15 in the bow a little too slim Finn (Skinny) built, The special only to customers, as Fellmann, Maier, Kusznierewicz, Were made and of course Luca Devoti Emilios.
  • 2002 – from mid-January, the new form uses DBF, which lies between the skinny and the standard form used before 2o02.
Pata Finn- <– click

  • ab ca. 2005 Devoti hull-like exploitation of tolerances. Andre’ Budzien – of course, also a very good sailor – Masters champion has been repeated so
  • two models: B4 u. B4- for heavier and lighter sailors
Lemieux-Finn <– click

  • from the ca. 1992 Lemieux Finn is produced because of its design features, (hard underwater hull area, partially soft cover), also very fast. At least Larry Lemieux was with his Finn Masters World Champion.
  • Abbott-Lemieux – Lemieux, the Finn was originally built by Abbott
  • Pata Lemieux – of 2002. to 2006 Lemieux was the Finn by Acorn manufactured in Hungary
  • Lemieux Jibetech – from 2006 Manufacturing in the USA. mailto:llemieux@cruzinternet.com .   We are located at:  240 Brownell Lane ,  Portsmouth, RI 02871 USA. You can reach us by phone during normal business hours: 401.683.0484.  You can also email Andrew
Mader-Finn <— Click

  • Top-Qualitaet, very quickly on inland districts
Vanguard-Finn <– click

  • to 1993 dominant. Was then replaced by the slightly faster Devoti.
  • the 1. Model – MK1 – had a double bottom on. Auch war die Rumpfform laut Vanguard a little wrong.

Finn masts


  • a ca. 1993 were used Alumast. Mast weight 10,5 kg
  • from 1993 carbon masts with attached round groove
  • 1995 is the first carbon wing masts with integrated groove during the Gold Cup in Melbourne used
  • 1995 Weight of mast 10,5 kg 8 kg reduced
  • The Wingmaster was some manufacturers over the years, more slender, the outside running big event moved to the inside. So when buying used carbon masts make sure, that one acquires a current model.

Pole bending values

Attention: The bending values ​​should match your body weight:

Evidence of the mast hardness provides the following, somewhat older table by Wilke masts for sailing with 116, 106, 96, 86 you. 76 kg.

Wilke —— Fore/Aft ———–Sideways
———-1/4-1/2-3/4-Tip —1/4 -1/2 -3/4 -Tip
———————————————–
116 kg -80-107-80-458— 71-110-101-353

106 kg -84-112-84-480 —74-115-105-369

96 kg – 88-117-88-501 —77-120-110-385

86 kg – 92-122-92-523 —80-125-114-401

76 kg – 95-127-95-544 —83-130-119-418

Wilke-Mast – Market leader

  • Expensive, processed but very clean
Hit-Mast – Market leader

  • newer models are about. 3 mm slimmer
PATA-Mast – latest, slim models also very fast

  • NEW HIGH DYNAMIC SERIES
  • On minimum weight and minimum COG
  • Painted in light grey colour
  • Internal halyard and halyard lock
  • Fully fitted with ropes and fittings
  • Padded cover
Latin

  • Latini-Wingmasten be driven occasionally.

Mast bending curve determine

To bend test an Ceilidh Composite Technologies mast please follow the instructions as below,

Step 1.
Divide the mast into 4 sections (with 3 stripes) or 8 sections (with 7 stripes)
Step 2.
Support the mast in a bending jig such that when bended for-aft the tip is approximately at the same height as the gooseneck above ground. For backbend measuring let the gooseneck point to the floor. For sidebend place the gooseneck at 0 degrees/ horizontal. Mark the mast at even spacings along the length of the mast between the bands.

mastbend12

Step 3.
Carefully apply exactly 12kg (large gerrycan with12 litres of water) at the upper mastband. If it is only possible to perform the test with a 10kg weight please note this on the forms.
Step 4.
Tension a thin string between the two measurement bands, shown above as points D and C.
For each type of mast a spacer may need to be used to bring the reference line away from the non-sailtrack profile. For a finn mast, 0mm, for an OK mast 8mm and for a europe mast 12mm
This spacer should be placed between the mast and the string at point D.
Step 5.
Measure the perpendicular (at 90degrees) distance from the lowest point of the mast at each measurement point to the upper surface of the tensioned line. Record these figures in the provided measurement form.
Those: http://www.carbonmasts.com/