Dig around on these forums - I am sure someone has posted on this subject. I imagine it can be done and would work in a gentlemanly, even majestic fashion
...downwind (I wouldn't expect too much from it going upwind).
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| Author: | YellowWing [ Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | sailing a pro angler |
Thinking of getting a sail kit for my pro angler to use when at the gulf. Would like to know if anyone has put one on the pro angler and how it did. |
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| Author: | stobbo [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: sailing a pro angler |
Dig around on these forums - I am sure someone has posted on this subject. I imagine it can be done and would work in a gentlemanly, even majestic fashion ...downwind (I wouldn't expect too much from it going upwind).
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| Author: | Tom Kirkman [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: sailing a pro angler |
Downwind it's a dog - there is no boom so you can only catch so much wind in the bagged up sail. Just pedal downwind - it'll be faster. Upwind or on a reach it's actually pretty good considering the size of the sail and the size of the boat. |
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| Author: | stobbo [ Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: sailing a pro angler |
Well that's me told  ...actually my Adventure is a bit of a pain dead downwind too because the sail tends to go through a roll-inducing fill-collapse-fill-collapse cycle. The solution on the Adventure is not to travel dead downwind but to gybe from one tack to the other in a downwind zig-zag (thus keeping the sail filled and avoiding the roll) or to use a boom batten to hold the sail open. |
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| Author: | Albeemyello [ Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: sailing a pro angler |
I'm learning to sail my pa14 and there are those issues you guys mentioned with sailing. I just had the Hobie furling kit installed and it works great! If the wind gets too strong I can furl the sail and peddle until the winds calm down. They say you're not supposed to sail in winds above 10 mph, but I've sailed in 12-15. It's a handful but I don't think there's much chance of flipping it. It's pretty darn stable. 
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