Drifter (sail)
The Drifter (also known as the Drifter Genoa or Flyer ) is a special sail for a sailboat .
The Drifter is a large foresail that is used in light winds - on close-hauled courses up to a maximum of 2 wind speeds , on spacing courses up to a maximum of 4-5 wind speeds. The working area (area in which the sail is used sensibly) lies in a course range from close -hauled courses to half-wind courses , at most room sheet courses . It is driven on the fly like the gennaker or the Code Zero , that is, the luff is only attached (attached) at two points - the head of the sail and the neck of the sail. The sail is usually set and recovered with a furling system , so it is relatively easy to use. Compared to the Code Zero, it has a significantly smaller sail area and a hollow (concave) leech .
Light cloth (e.g. made of nylon ) is used as the material for the drifter .
literature
- Jeremy Howard-Williams: The Sail . P. 124. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1969
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raudaschl Doyle's website ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Drifters)
