This page is dedicated to providing you with useful help and tips in getting your boat ready and making it go faster.
Tuning:
There are many ways to set up your boats, you just have to look at the boats at any regatta to see even the top sailors have slightly differing setups. Hopefully the following selection will help guide you in setting up and tuning your boat.
DF95 Tuning Guide by Phil Burgess
Craig Richards Tuning Guide Part 1 (On Nigel Barrow’s Website) Click Here
Craig Richards Tuning Guide Part 2 (On Nigel Barrow’s Website) Click Here
Tuning & Regatta Prep – Interview with Jon Rodgers
Tuning measurements from German DF95 site.
DF95 tuning setup – Clay Bauman
Batteries:
Understanding LiFe Batteries and Chargers – V2 Jan 2025 – by David Flakelar
LiFe Battery Options by Phil Burgess
Transmitter and Receiver:
Flysky Tx and Rx Set Up – Version 3 Jan 2025 by David Flakelar and Phil Burgess
Boat Assembly and Rigging:
Don’t glue your masthead crane, or mast stub when you assemble your rigs! Accidents happen and if you happen to break one of the pieces they are far less to replace as individual replacement pieces than replacing the entire mast assembly! ( Yes they are available individually)
Take a second and tie off your Bung plug to the back stay hook, so it doesn’t get lost! Simply punch a hole in the flat end and run a bit of line through it!
Check the metal eyelets & sheet rings for burrs, or rough edges! Typically they are OK, but in a mass produced boat they may need a little smoothing with either fine sanding sticks or strips of emery cloth
The stock sails ( A,B,C, & D) sometimes get the installed wire stuck in the jib luff tape. The wire can be worked out of these if you take your time and are careful! The jib luff wire should move freely inside the luff of the sail for full efficiency
Assembling your new version vang and main boom
Add a bit of foam in between the lower crossbars on your stand so that the weight of the boat rests on the foam when you store it! These boats are pretty tough, but over time the weight of the boat can warp the bottom and add undue stress to the bottom of the hull and keel assembly box!
If your rudder is loose. Carefully drill out the two black plastic pieces to allow for the aluminum tube to be glued in place. The ID for the tube and the OD for the rudder post are one in the same.
Painting your DF95 – Larry Cobb
Tony Tips:
Taping the hatch cover in place:
B Rig Boom:
Series of 7 videos showing how to assemble your boat.
Traveling:
If you ever plan on sailing in regattas across the country , save both your shipping and retail box for future use! You can pre-ship your boat to your hotel via FedEx or UPS, eliminating the need to check it in as baggage, and travel light!
What to expect when you go to a Regatta