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Here is a link to a video of our sail, unfortunately only the trip out as the camera battery gave out just before we turned back.

https://youtu.be/BnHplMljGNE

My son and I were sailing yesterday, we just sailed up and down the coast. Broad reach out and close on the wind back. With the spinnaker up we were doing 6 to 7 knots in 10 to 14 apparent. However coming home the best we could make was around 1 to 2 knots in a fairly consistent 12 to 16 apparent. I...

I also had to significantly change how I trim the main, which was surprising to me. With the jib, the traveler really wants to be almost centered. I don't think that is surprising. Your jib is turning the airflow onto the main, so that can take a closer sheeting angle now but as it is a fractional ...

That jib looks fantastic Ian. You can get a much flatter shape than my blade with camber spar. I find I can sheet the jib in but I can not change its shape, which is fixed and a compromise. In a blow I can not flatten it and head up. The other factor that limits pointing ability is the fat mast but ...

For information, my UK Freedom 21 has a solid fibreglass hull and decks, when I think other 21s are all cored, including one built in Ireland. So it is possible the 40 is as well.

Good luck

It is interesting to me that @iansan5633 and @newt2u have opposite experiences with improving reaching: loosening the tack vs bring it hard down to the pole, and vice versa for the clew. I wonder if this difference has to do with how high one is trying to point. I could easily imagine that one setu...

I agree that being able to adjust the pole without the hassle of fiddling with the clew lines is a big pro for your tweak but I also find it useful to be able to adjust them independently. I found recently that I get better upwind performance by loosening the forward clew (tack) while keeping the ot...

Mike, a couple of points I assume you will be using Lifepo4 for storage. In which case what you see if what you get, !00Ahrs means pretty much 100Ahrs. I use solar, mppt and inverter to provide a backup to mains power in my home I have a 200AHr battery, which I think cost me around £650. During the ...

We had a nice surprise on our last sail out of Whitehaven in the Irish Sea. I was trying to get video of how we use the spinnaker launching, etc. all from the cockpit to show a friend, when we had a visit from some dolphins. Luckily the camera was rolling although it is a wide angle one. Anyway, her...

Thanks Tom, I enjoy watching other people videos, especially Freedom boats. You look to be enjoying being on the water.

Here is another of our day yesterday, also 1 reef in but a bit of a nasty swell (at lest for our little F21).

https://youtu.be/maDWZ_HqVIA