Ultralight sheets for Optimist: the (field-tested) solution from Armare Ropes
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
And some still call it a “bathtub!” The Optimist, a school boat for generations of sailors, designed in 1947 by American Clark Mills, just 2.35 meters long, is still used today by hundreds of thousands of young sailors. What has changed in nearly eighty years? First the hull materials (from wood to fiberglass), then the shapes of the edges (rounded since the second half of the 1990s), and finally the technology of rigging, materials, and sails. Just think, for example, of CD Sails’ new sails.
The new ultralight sheets for Optimist from Armare Ropes
Or to the new line of sheets and rigging that Armare Ropes has developed in collaboration with Simone Ricci, one of the most titled and internationally known coaches of the Optimist class. Together with Ricci, who was the coach of Marco Gradoni (helmsman of Luna Rossa but above all the winner – the only one to have succeeded in history – of no less than three Optimist World Championships), Armare has devised a range that includes the new Opticore SR sheet, in the two versions 3:1 and 4:1, as well as a complete kit of technical rigging for the entire Optimist rig. Each line is designed to meet the technical needs of the most demanding sailors looking for a high-performance and durable product.
After all, Ricci explains,“In One Design classes, even a small improvement can make a difference, and it is crucial that young sailors realize this, acquiring the critical awareness that can lead them to develop their performance.”
The new Opticore SR sheet is the natural evolution of the multi-winner “Gamberus,” now in a completely revamped version: in fact, it is about 30 percent lighter than the previous version, while being stronger and performing better, maintaining the characteristics of easy handling and very low water absorption.
As per Armare Ropes “protocol,” all products are first developed and then tested by international profile athletes on race courses, optimized and finally offered on the market.
Read more:
Share:
Check out the latest issue
Are you already a subscriber?
Ultimi annunci
Our social
Sign up for our Newsletter
We give you a gift
Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!
You may also be interested in.
There is still time (until July 15) to apply for the 2025 ecobonus and get the electric motor!
A new extension of the2025 engine ecobonus has been announced: there is time until noon on July 15 to take advantage of the funding designed to encourage the scrapping of endothermic engines in favor of electric ones. This is the
The portable electric generator that takes up the space of a walkway
The dream of being able to count on clean, silent and always available energy wherever you are, in roadstead, in port or in the middle of the sea, with no more need for noisy, bulky and polluting gasoline generators
Technical, celebratory, unique. We tell you about GdV’s exclusive 50th anniversary polo shirt.
Fifty years of history deserves to be celebrated properly, not only with a big party for all sea lovers, not only with a Special Issue(we are working on it, you will find it on newsstands in July!) but also with
Do you need help? Looking for maintenance advice? Ask in the new forum!
The Classic Boat Club is becoming more and more alive, and among its various articulations, a space dedicated to dialogue, questions, advice and sharing is born: the Forum. This is a meeting section designed precisely for exchanging information, advice and
