Waggers00 wrote:
I have a 2014 AI and use my boat mostly for sailing. I do not carry a lot of gear as most excursions are for 3 to 4 hours at a time. I am wondering if trampolines are really used for hiking out when the wind blows up or not. I would be interested in others views of their use for hiking out. I do not wish to buy a set only to find out they are of little use for sailing by keeping the boat balanced.
I made a single tramp for my AI.
The intent, once the water warms up, is to try sailing the AI in outrigger canoe mode (i.e. only one ama) - hoping for a little feeling of "Flow" balancing the sail against the lifting ama.
Here-and-now, I am glad to have it partially because it makes single-blade paddle storage slightly more convenient - but mainly because it provides for a more foolproof deep-water re-entry.
THree features I incorporated into mine:
- Webbing construction to reduce the heeling moment in heavy air.
- Narrow enough to provide an open area between tramp and hull wide
enough to stand in when walking the boat and to allow paddling when necessary.
- 1.5" snap connectors instead of the stock 1" connectors - because when I tested 1" connectors they broke too easily under my 220# of lard.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP ... JaRW5TYzBROne thing that I have not seen mentioned is mast stress. .... With operator seated normally, it would seem that stress on the mast is limited by the bouyancy of the amas. .... Too much stress and they start submarining - preseumably well before mast failure.
OTOH, with somebody hiked out on the a windward tramp, that person's weight is added to the ama's bouyancy and it would seem that, with enough weight, the mast could be broken in the right gust. ..... Maybe somebody with actual experience can comment on this notion....
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