Excellent
monthly french magazine Voiles&Voiliers had good idea to carry out "my"
project to compare different types of rigging in real circumstances and they did
it better than me: 10 sails on same hulls taking part in regatta on Olympic
triangle!!!
The
results of the V&V test confirm theoretical tunnel works of C. A. Marchaj
as well as mine experiences and observations... which , apparently from now, are
not so subjectives!
Two
comments:
Victorious
sail Lakatoi ( rather Lobster Claw...) chosen to test is - may be - the
most beautiful and most striking from the Crab Claw family but not the most
effective.
Differences at the finish line would be more significant if the hull chosen for the races would be more efficient than “optimist's”one...
The results of V&V tests: 1 7 2 5 9(6) 3 4 8 10
The results of theoritical Marchaj's tests: 1 - 2 - 4(-) 3 - 5 -
Voiles&Voiliers – N° 401 ( juillet 2004 ) – « 10 Gréements à l’Heure de la Récrée »-Laurent Charpentier, Jean-Luc Gourmelen, Éric Vibart, François Chevalier.