STORM CODE ZERO CODE
a Code Zero Laminate will provide both lightweight performance in light air, and durability while crossing the pacific for an offshore catamaran cruiser with a displacement of 15,000 KG. Finally, laminates are very performance orientated, with low stretch and very consistent sail shape there’s also so much armamid in the Code-Zero laminate cloths that it’ll push your boat over before causing damage to the cloth, making it great for offshore sailing. In aeronautical forecast codes, only the left-hand table is to be used and code figure 9 has the meaning 4 1/2 m (14 ft) or more.
The luff is as straight as possible, and the sail is flatter than other spinnakers. It is a tight reaching sail, the most upwind capable of the asymmetrics. a height of 2 3/4 m is reported by code figure 5. The Code Zero is a very large cross between a genoa and an asymmetrical spinnaker that is used for sailing close to the wind in very light air. Heavier woven cloths, such as a 4oz Dacron, will provide durability and if you’re leaving the sail up for weeks at a time, Spinnaker Nylon is very lightweight 1.5 – 2oz, and will allow you to sail in very light winds. If a wave height comes exactly midway between the heights corresponding to two code figures, the lower code figure is reported e.g.
It’s important to know if you are going to need a sail that is more durable, lighter weight, or more performance driven – each of which has advantages and disadvantages. As Code-Zeros are run at varying degrees and can function at a reach it is easy for sailors to push the limits of the intended speeds and angles causing damage to the sail. In that race it replaced the jibs for light upwind work in addition to many off wind angles. Code Zeros can be made out of either Spinnaker Nylon, a lightweight Dacron, or a Code Zero lightweight laminate (such as Contender ZL series). The code 0 asymmetric is a tight reaching sail, that was developed in the Whitbread Round the World Race by Robert 'Hooky' Hook for Paul Cayard's successful EF Language.
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