Tantalums Volvo One design regatta

Carr HT sail review

We've got the Volvo One Design tuned and ready. We'll be testing the Carr HT sails in this video. What we really liked about the Carr sails is the twist induced at the top of the stick. With the high aspect ratio of the main, it's really important that the sail cover not only the surface wind, but the wind five feet up off the water. There is considerable difference and we'll be covering the forces at work in a future video.

We were impressed with the sails over previous models. As you can see as the breeze built, the sails did their job as advertised. We didn't even bring the boat in to retune. Dooing so would have resulted in even greater performance gains with trim and speed.

Special thanks to HBRC Sailboats, GoPro, Carr sails and West Marine Newport Beach.

Next week, stay tuned for the Tantulums regatta in Long Beach!

Volvo One Design Video

We've got our first video ready... Check it out!

http://youtu.be/G3Tz4RPRtqQ

Turnbuckles installed

Our new turnbuckles have been installed on the Volvo 70. Stay tuned for on the water footage over the weekend !

Turnbuckles

Our new turnbuckles for Burberry Ocean Racing. The Volvo one design from hbrcsailboats.com.

Pictures and video in a couple days.

Vo70/65 test sail

First sail of Burberry Ocean Racing took place this weekend in San Diego's Mission Bay. Great sail and we gathered lots of tuning info. Breeze was a consistent 4-6 with occasional 7-8 puffs down the course. Upwind speed and pointing was good. We saw tacking angles of about 80 degrees for optimum upwind speed. With dead down fastest off the wind. We tested this over a wide range of tuning and rig settings. What this should mean is the boat is fairly forgiving and will be a tactical boat for the owner. Harken blocks performed flawlessly, with the exception of the mainsheet block. The line would slip out of the sheave. We have since fixed this by locking the block upright. It hasn't reoccurred since.

We had some technical difficulties. With the GoPro, but promise footage soon! Thanks to hbrcsailboats.com, beckwithracingyachts.com, and GoPro

Stay tuned for our next update.

Burberry Ocean Racing

Here are the first pics of the almost ready to sail Burberry Ocean Racing Volvo 70/65 by HBRCSailing.com.

Some finishing detail on the line ends, but we are almost ready to splash.

On the bow we went with a Harken carbo block with a soft loop to the deck eye. On the stern we went with a larger carbo block for the main sheet system and the back stay.

The carbonized GoPro/intellian mount will allow for recording the action.

Only a few more bits to sort out and we'll be ready to sail. Stay tuned for video !