Hi everyone,

just wonding if if anyone can help me?
I purchased a Neil pride rs and starboard setup second hand.

it consits of a 9.8 and 11.3 2009 model Neil pride Rs racing sails.
it came with a Neil pride carbon mast (550) and a Neil pride adjustable out haul boom and Neil pride mast foot.

i tried to rig the 9.8 for the first time today and had lots of trouble.
the sail said on it the mast should be 530?? Sorry for the stupid question but does this mean I should put my mast foot to the lowest setting (no extension) ?

after a rigged it up I had the following issues
1) the boom was about eye level or a bit higher and seemed too high but the boom sleeve had no more room to come down
2) the cams seemed too stiff to rotate, I thought later this might have been due to the bottom webbing strap been too tight?

Is it normal to have the booms so high on the Rs formula sails?

thanks for your help,

pete

contradicting terms - newbie vs SB Formula with 9.8 and larger sails

based on literature both the 9.8 and 11.8 (can't find 11.3) sails recommend 530 cm mast
the 9.8 is 530 + 24 cm on the base setting
so, with the 550 mast, it is as you say - NO extension

ideally you would have rigged the sail at purchase to verify settings, cambers, etc

good luck !!

Igooba said..
about 7cm from the sail pulley

based on earlier discussion there should be NO distance between the pulleys on the mast extension and the pulleys on the sail
perhaps 1 - 2 cm , but NOT 7
sounds not like you pulled too much, but perhaps not enuff

once again - good luck

Nigel
most of my extensions do NOT have 0 extension
thus 550 + about 5 is the minimum

After reading Joes specs. It would seem you might not have had enough down haul.
Are you using a winch. No way I can get enough down haul on my 10.7 without it. Scares me even with the winch as I am waiting to hear the pop.