I value sense of humor and a bit of sarcasm in people as much as ANY other traits. I love the bikini cartoon and comment. I've taken an interest in sailing and have been taking in all I can, including youtube. It didn't take long to realize how crucial a beautiful babe is to all of these expeditionary forces. You wind up learning precious little about sailing, but the male brain has to go in for a closer look. Love the technical nature here.

Thanks a lot for those amazing videos. I hope for more to come 👍👍

The jib rail solution is ingenious!

This is one hell of a boat, I wish I could transform my f-31 into something closer to this

Jib sheet snagging on the main furling/boom rotator handle... GAH. It happened so many times on our first few sails, no matter how we tacked, sheeted, or positioned that darn handle. I felt like there HAD to be something we were missing. Some other way Ian must have accounted for this glaringly obvious issue with is beloved furling boom! Looks like maybe I was wrong... Awesome video BTW!

Terrific video. It's like 8 videos in one. I was getting a kick out of you hanging ten off the bow while the port ama flew, and then almost flipping! Your quick release jam cleat is a really important lesson for all sailors. They have adjustable auto release ones on the Mausadon cats, like the ORC 57. Brilliant rigging on your boat. Like your high jack (safety) lines. I have these on my monohull. I'd like to take credit, but the previous owner, a fireman, had them rigged like that. They work as handholds docked and at sea. Easier to clip into. Your Corsair and the other trimarans are amazing boats. It's easy to make straps like your 'car straps.' Buy webbing and then use any good (steel framed) sewing machine. Just match a stitch pattern. I liked the 5 to 10 straight bars on my PFD life life so that's usually what I do. (I've got a Janome sewing machine, the case is plastic but the frame is steel. The revelation for me was to sew webbing you use a 'ball' needle (I can't see or feel the difference) because when you sew webbing, the needle pushes around, not through the threads of the material.) I love bungee cords, but you usually won't see them on my 45' monohull or any other ocean sailing vessel. They lose their stretch. What should be happening is we should be using them and then just marking a date on our calendars, "Replace All Bungees." In Japan we couldn't find bungees instead we found rubber strips (like bicycle tires) and hooks. DIY. Not as pretty but a much wider range of options. (I still see online photos of the boat I sailed on across the Pacific, it's only been a couple of months, but there's my DIY rubber straps holding down the life raft container.) A sealed bag of these would probably be a great back up to have on a boat. Once you figure out ways to do the end loops/clips you're good to go.

Great stuff Thomas. Lots for me to freshen up on while boatless.

Lots of interesting details. Nice to see that there are guys who keep their F-boats light ;-)

Thanks for sharing Thomas. Lots of thought put into creating a beautifully set up boat

Great boat and video, Thomas. Love the way you set the jib's sheets.

Building my own trimaran. Good tips always interesting to see other boats have things are done 👍

Having a background as 18 foot sailer I see alot my own F82R rigging on your boat, but you really fitted it well, great job! I use the trapeze system on my topping lift so it is always on as yours. I use almost full syntetic rigging, so almost no steel shackels, wires etc. I love your narration really clear and not to fast, very easy listening, thanks alot. And really nice footage too, congratulation. Greetings from Denmark, Martin F

Thanks for posting, really helpful video. I look forward to seeing you blast by on he Bay.

Excellent F31. Thanks for the level of detail.

Thomas! Such an awesome video of your deck layout. You've got lines running everywhere. I see your skiff influence LOL. Its a really cool setup. It gives me so many idea on how we can improve our boat. I really like your barber hauler setup, and how you run the jib lines all the way aft to a cleat. I'm installing a continuous furler control line now and may try your solution of using a block with bungie to keep the line tensioned and neat. Thank you so much for your videos. I know its a lot of work and I can tell you put a lot of thought into how to present it. It helps me understand our boat more and I am sure is giving so many of us in the F-boat community help and ideas. Aloha, Cullen Chong Corsair F-31R "Delta Vee" Honolulu, Hawaii

What a weapon! Nice job. Lots of ideas here

Great walk through, thanks for sharing!

Very very nicely done. I especially liked your jib sheeting configuration. James ex 2 F25Cs (one w/F85SR floats) and always solo.

Holy crap dude! I have my hands full single-handing my F-28 with just a main and jib. Very nice setup.

Great video. Really detailed. Thanks.

Really great video. I would love to see a video showing the process of loading on and off the Airdock.

Wow so nice tips about all spec's of SAILING boat

Cool systems looks like fun

Nicely dialed in

Below is a transcript of Questions and Answers asked by members of fct.groups.io/ regarding the video. Question: RE: the Tuff Luff, do you ever switch from the large jib or vice versa when sailing singlehanded? When raising the jib, do you need to make more than one trip to the front of the boat to align or re-align the jib luff with the pre-feeder? Answer: I decide on the jib size in port before departure. I don’t carry a second jib (daysail). The jib is generally pre-loaded into the feeder with halyard attached in port. Just enough to hold, but without it acting as a “mini sail” already. This allows me to raise the jib from the cockpit in open water without making a trip to the bow. If it is a windy day I have to make one trip to quickly undo a bungee or two. When taking the jib down it is one trip as well. Open halyard clutch from cockpit, go to front pull jib down (which comes down super easy), bungee it and be done. If it is a light wind day, I lower the jib directly into a long zipper sail bag laid out on the foredeck which saves time later when putting the boat away. I store the jb (and screecher) in long zipper sailbags on deck between days of sailing. Only when gone for extended periods or storms in forecast do I clear my foredeck and take them home with me. +++++ Question: The "1D" means "one design" I guess but what is special compared to the standard C31R? I have noticed the seamless floats but is there anything more? Answer: I can try answering this, but I would like to ask the group to join in on answering this. Here is what I know. Yes 1D means 1 Design. Only about 5 or 7 were ever made in order to provide fair/competitive racing. The 1D’s has: a) Optimized daggerboard b) High Aspect Rudder w/ carbon case c) Canting Rig d) Faired Floats e) Weight optimized Interior f) Marginally larger sails Main 433 v. 429 Jib 230 v. 218 Screecher 488 v. 429 Spi 1050 v. 996 +++++ Question: Jacklines: You route the jacklines from the transom up to the mast on both sides of the boat. Are you secured against falling off the boat behind the beams or the transom? I ask because I think it is barely impossible to climb back on the boat when you are dragged behind at speed. Therefore I fixed my jacklines along both sides of the cabin starting at the coaming and ending at the forward beam. Together with my 2 m long elastic safety line I just can t fall over board nowhere on the boat. I have to change the clipping point when I want to go to the transom and bow though. But also I have moved my tiller to the forward part of the cockpit snd can sit in a safer part of the boat close to the chartplotter, instruments, cleats, halyards and winches without even standing up. Answer: You are correct. Even going 5kts it is almost impossible to climb back on. I actually tried it on a warm day once - it’s scary. The bow section is my only real danger zone. Same I have to change clip-in points. +++++ Question: bowsprit 6:1 tackle: What is the advantage of this compared to a pretensioned dyneema stay? Answer: I can get it much, much, much tighter compared to a pretensioned system. +++++ Question: Double clutches for halyards: for which halyards are yuo using them? I guess main jib and screacher? Good Idea and I think I will also add this. Answer: Double clutch for Main and Screecher (which use a 2:1 purchase). Single clutch for Jib, Spi and Tackline (which use a 1:1 purchase). +++++ Question: Tough luff for the jib: Is it possibke to leave the forestay with the tough luff on the mast shen you trailer the boat? Is it possible to convert existing jibs to the tough luff system? Answer: It’s so easy to take off. No point in leaving it on for trailering. But yes you could if you wanted because it’s so light and flexible. Regarding converting an existing sail - I don’t know. I sailmaker would need to answer based on what sails you have. +++++ Question: 3D jib sheeting: very nice system! But 3 additional lines to operate for each side. I converted to a self tacking jib which is very nice sailing singlehanded in tight corners and sounds but I consider using your system for my flying jib. Answer: 3 lines are no burden to me. It’s so simple and clean, even at the cockpit end. Maybe the video makes it look crazier than it actually is. But it’s all about Ease of Use versus Complete Control. There is no right answer. Depends what you want out of your boat and sails. +++++ Question: Small net bags for excess lines: you are right, main reason for tripping is always a line on the deck. But doesn t it drive you crazy to stuff back the lines all the time? Are there any problems pulling the lines out again. Answer: hahaha - yes good question. It all depends. If it is a calm day I am not as concerned and sometimes just shove the lines under the cockpit seats. But when I set up to sail on the limit I do clean up. No problems getting them out or tangles, just load them clean. +++++ Question: Lifting foils: how did you calculate the 35% of the righting moment? Are these the original Farrier foils with 270 mm chord length? I have seen many marks on the foil. How do you adust the foil depth according to the conditions? Answer: The foils are from the F32. You can find articles when you google F-32 C foils. Under 8kts of boat speed I don’t use them at all. 8-13kts I go half way down, this mostly helps going upwind big time. 13kts boat speed and above all the way down. 18.5kts of boat speed and above I start wishing they would be bigger :) +++++ Question: Sailing downwind with foils: How do you sail downwind with foils the fastest? With gennaker or screacher? I found that my very deep standard gennaker has too much drag and it collapses at 18 kn boat speed. Then I have to use "snaking" all the time and it needs a lot of concentration to steer. The autopilot can t do this at all. But with the flying jib I was able to sail at 120 degrees TWA and very stable. If this sail was a little bit deeper I could get to 140 deg TWA. What are your experiences? Answer: I am not much of a deep downwind sailor due to my wind direction in relation to land/water geography here. I am therefore not the right person to comment on deep downwind sailing topics. +++++ Question: Lifting foils tackle: I tried several solutions to lower and retract the foil from the cockpit. Now I ended up with a single line to a cleat on the outside of the coaming which I only use for lowering the foil. I found it impossible to pull up the foil with the single line or even a 3:1 tackle because the foil is always jamming a bit. The only way to pull it up is by hand so I need to go out on the net. How do you lower the leeward foil after a tack? Answer: Depends on the wind speed. A) If it is windy, I bring the boat downwind, this as we all know is super slow and safe on our boats. I then change foils (one up and the other down) and complete the jibe. Under load there is no way to pull them up. B) If its not that windy I lower the “future leeward” foil before tacking or jibing - once on the other tack - I fly the hull and retrieve the now windward foil. +++++ Question: Steering position: Where do you usually sit to operate the tiller? Answer: That would be best answered with pictures that I don’t have. Depends totally on wind. A) Lighter wind I max out the tiller extension and stand on floats. By where the Shrouds come down. Most fun place to be for sure. B) High wind I actually stand in cockpit for max visibility and safety. Directly center in front of mast-track with tiller between my legs (I have almost zero tiller pressure with foils down and optimum sai trim. But if I let go of the tiller I still have the tiniest weather helm which is perfect). I only make the tiniest steering adjustments. The boat drives itself. It’s magic. +++++ Question: I need foils for mine. Where did you get yours Answer: My boat came with the foils. Have a look at the discussion here: fct.groups.io/g/main/topic/95815013#76639 +++++ Question: Why 2 lines coming aft to tension the bowsprit? Answer: Simply for “Redundancy”. I love my screecher and fly it often in a fairly strong breeze. If the bobstay lets go things will get really ugly - really fast on the structural side of things. Granted I might have “overdone it” with a pretension safety line and 2 cleats. Better safe than sorry :) +++++ Question: What type of clutch are you using for these twin split lines? Answer: Not sure I understand. Do you mean cleats? The cleats for the bobstay and whiskerstays are Nautos large aluminum. They can handle way more than composite cleats. +++++ Question: Do you need so many lines in the lazy jack system? This looks like unnecessary windage? Answer: They are very thin (3mm) and very short. If I use fewer they would “cut” into the sail like razor blades. Hence I use “many” to distribute the load. Windage is a non-issue. +++++ Question: Can you come to South Florida and work on my boat next? Answer: You know I would : ) +++++ Question: What are your plans for your Video channel? Are you working on any other videos? Answer: You can read the “Video Content Rules” I set for myself in my Channel Description here: www.youtube.com/@thomashasch/about Regarding other videos… Viewer suggestions and requests on what they (you) want are the main driver. I don’t see myself posting more than one video every 1-2 months. For my own entertainment I would like to capture the boat getting a little airborne over chop/small wave from a low front angle. I do have an idea for a better bowsprit camera mount already. Stay tuned!

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Hello Thomas, Thank for your vidéo. What profile did you use for the foils.

Seems like you've put a lot of thought and effort into customizing your rigging and lots of other aspects. Very cool boat. How and where do you sail it?

Great job on the video. I like your mast rotation set up. On my C760 the rotator arm is too long and you can't center it all the way with the mfg's attachment point and you can't move that point further aft without interfering with the hatch cover - did you mount the two side D rings on either side of the daggerboard or did you pick up the boat that way? I'm thinking two friction rings mounted similarly by my rotator arm would work to let the mast rotate easier and then I could also positively center the mast with the control. Any thoughts.

Do the C-foils add to ride comfort at all in this boat, in terms of roll or pitch damping? I've read that on some foilers and foil-assist boats they kind of tame the jerky motion a lot of multihulls have, but does that work with your setup?

very nice boat. contratulations !!! question, how many feets, of long ??? thank you !!

Nice setup! In what conditions do you find the canting mast to be most effective?

Did you add the C-foils? I am renovating an F31 and am interested in that option.

Just wondering where in SF bay you keep your boat. Thanks

Are you able to stand up straight? Headroom? Looks ideal for single handed ble water crossing. Definitely stay tethered at all times, and drag line. Thanks for setting a good example!

What is the make and length of your trimaran? Thank you, Steve

What's the brand and model of the boat?

I am so steeling the barber hauler layout. The track looks like the way to go.