With the 3, 5, and 7m, you'll cover the whole wind range, from 10 to 30 knots. The Code Zero is a highly efficient kite with a wide wind range and impressive power delivery for a one-strut kite - which means you can ride lighter wind conditions with a smaller kite. It won't luff, over-fly or front stall, and its one-handed steering means you can always foil in your preferred stance. The kite is stable and evenly tensioned, with a balanced geometry. Super fun and easy to fly, with intuitive relaunch and reverse launch, the Code Zero is also great for learning to kite or foil in light winds. DuraLite wingtip chafe protectors provide abrasion resistance only where you need it, and small battens on the 9m and 11m stabilize the canopy. Using lighter N-Dure dacron on the leading edge and strut for stiffness and durability, a double-canopy layer to reinforce the trailing edge and lighter-weight bladder material in every size. Refined for weight savings, we’ve stripped back the kite’s construction to the essential. One of the lightest single-strut kites available, the Code Zero has a playful and agile feel with dynamic steering. It flies and turns quickly - with excellent drift and manoeuvrability which makes it ideal for foiling and small surf. and reactive single-strut performer with effortless one-handed control and efficient light wind power delivery. Like its namesake, we've engineered this kite for performance in very light air. These shots show a cruising code zero on a Beneteau Oceanis 55.Borrowed from our North sailing heritage, Code Zero is the name of a sail born to go fast in light, shifty conditions. UK Sailmakers designs cruising code zeros where the width of the sail is narrower than on race boats, which makes the sail easier to fly and roll up. RIGHT: On boats with big over-lapping genoas, the Code Zero is not needed for extremely close reaching, which allows the Code Zero to be designed rounder and bigger for sailing slightly broader angles. These sails are needed as soon as the jib sheet can be eased. LEFT: Notice how much narrower and flatter the Code Zero is on boats with non-overlapping jibs. Material is Code 0 laminate or 1.5 oz. ![]() Can be used with either a “top down” furler and detached torsion line or spinnaker dousing sock.Deeper shape than a true Code Zero since the overlapping genoa can be used for the closest reaching angles.A reaching sail that compliments a cruising spinnaker.Mid girth measurement 75-85% of foot length.Approximately 70-75% of the sail area of a full-size spinnaker.Optimized for boats with overlapping genoas ![]() The Berckemeyer 45 shown above has this type of Code Zero. Even though this sail is smaller than a Code Zero on a race boat, it is more than twice the size of the non-overlapping jib and gives much more power for close reaching. With a straight luff, the sail rolls up very well. This sail is closer in shape to a traditional drifter than a spinnaker. It has a nearly straight luff, a mid girth about 60-65% of the sail’s foot length. The sail is very flat and is designed for close reaching. It is an excellent sail to increase performance when sailing in light winds, typically under 15 knots. The Code Zero for these boats can be used as soon as the boat bears off from a beat. Code-0 on bowsprit furler Pronounced code zero, this is a type of gennaker that is cut quite flat so it can be used upwind. Many modern cruising boats come with large mainsails and non-overlapping jibs because that sail-plan is easier for couples to handle. UK Sailmakers offers two different Cruising Code sails depending on whether your boat has an overlapping genoa or a non-overlapping genoa. When not constrained by rating rules, cruising sailors have a lot more options on the size and shape of a “code” sail. The Code Zero got around the rule by measuring in as a very narrow-flat spinnaker with a shape similar to a reaching genoa. Code Zero was initially an attempt to circumvent a rating rule by making a large genoa for close reaching on boats that were measured with non-overlapping genoas. The Code Zero is a cross between a genoa and an asymmetrical spinnaker that is used for sailing close to the wind in light air. Photos courtesy Berckemeyer Yacht Design. The Cruising Spinnaker is bigger and rounder and designed for broad-reaching. ![]() Notice how the Code Zero is a much flatter “triangular” shaped sail that is designed for close reaching. Shown above is a Berckemeyer 45 with a Cruising Code Zero (left) and a Cruising Spinnaker (right).
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