http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/ RG65 R/C Sailboats Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:08:05 GMT John Fisher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1616 I have done well with my Viper, 10R national champ, always 1st or 2nd in the local races. The other boat that is close is a hot dog with a swing rig. We sail Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:16:28 GMT delapierre pascal http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1615 Agree... the current RG65 rigs are far too traditional and we need to challenge that ! If we manage to convert a 'parasol' rig into a rorating one (autogire), Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:12:01 GMT jfisher@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1614 I use the self stick dacron as well. I buy it by the yard. About 20 per yard. I also use it for corner patch material when making sails. John Sent via Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:20:29 GMT usvmyg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1613 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1613 If it's not opened and closed a lot, I use "insignia cloth," which is the sticky-back dacron used by sailmakers to put on sail insignia and numbers. Available Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:48:02 GMT TOM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1612 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1612 I have noticed a number of boats with large flat openings on the deck what do you use to cover these hatches. I have used plastic tops used on baking soda cans Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:47:21 GMT chase http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1611 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1611 Nix that idea. I just remembered why I built a new lighter Jif65 hull. Because a Jif 2 kept beating me. I just put my old rig on the new hull and even Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:24:38 GMT scott_spacie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1610 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1610 ... I hope you have better luck with your Viper M+ than I did with mine. Last year I finished third in the season series behind a Skalpel and a souped-up Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:56:45 GMT Dick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1609 Scott - point #2 is an intereesting option. The RG Class, has a mast limit, meaning the main plus a jib might be needed for a "A" sized rig to get maximum sail Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:37:20 GMT usvmyg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1608 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1608 It's possible that I had a balance problem, but I don't think so. I'll have to try and locate the original analysis. It was IIRC by a Finnish group. The jib is Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:05:40 GMT John Fisher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1607 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1607 Supposedly the AC12's found that the main gives most of the power, so they all made smaller jibs and larger mains. I know on my 10R if I did a mast head jib, Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:20:59 GMT scott_spacie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1606 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1606 ... Earl, It sounds like the boat wasn't balanced properly with the masthead rig. Was the mast further aft with the masthead rig than when you cut down the jib Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:14:51 GMT chase http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1605 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1605 I might give it a try Scott. I have my 2nd Jif65 hull nearly complete and will be putting together a rig very soon. I'll let you know how it goes. I suppose Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:20:35 GMT Brigham North http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1604 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1604 Scott,   I wouldn't know a 36/600 or a US 1 meter if one of those hit me in the head as I have not seen either in real life.  But I do know that if you build Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:03:31 GMT usvmyg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1603 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1603 Using the same logic, I started with a masthead rig and the boat didn't sail worth a darn. I kept cutting down the jib and the smaller I made it the faster the Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:46:04 GMT Scott Spacie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1602 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/message/1602 Skippers, After looking at pictures of boats from all over the world, a question occured to me: "Why are RG65's all fractionally rigged?" I understand that