All of this with literally no sag in the luff sideways and flying positively forward from a projection standpoint, for a huge increase in driving force. Comanche also had a cable-less furling J1, J-Zero and A3 – which, to be honest is quite a ground-breaking sail on a furler, making this massive sail highly manageable for the crew. The extensive design work on all the sails’ elongation numbers was absolutely spot on, confirmed by it all matching the rig setup so well. The feedback from the guys on board confirmed that a significant weight gain on all the sails, especially the mainsail had been achieved. ‘Both Comanche and InfoTrack raced with cable-less sails, plus Comanche raced south with a Doyle mainsail. With two inner jibs or staysails flying, the gains have really been impressive.’ ‘Normally the J-Zeros are set on a reaching strut, but with the conditions in the recent Hobart, the struts weren’t in range to be used – and still the gains with the luff of the J-Zero projecting so much enabled for a much faster triple head setup. ‘Two of the 100-footers developed a J-Zero, similar to the Volvo 65 sail, and so now we are seeing that information trickle down from the Volvo Ocean Race to mainstream offshore racing, which is great,’ Nicholson said. This was a key opportunity for multiple world champion, double Olympian and sixtime Volvo veteran Chris Nicholson from Doyle Lake Macquarie to gauge the response, from the talent gathered in Hobart, on the innovations and key developments emerging from Doyle in 2018-19. Four 100ft Maxis raced to Hobart, with two of these plus the overall winner, the Reichel/Pugh 66 Alive, all flying Doyle Stratis sails. The 2018 Rolex Sydney-Hobart race brought together some of the finest offshore sailors on the planet. Boxing Day 2018 marked the start of a pretty good story for the latest Doyle Sails technology
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