[frers-list]Sailing Up-wind
Jerry Black
frers-list@lists.frers33.com
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:37:02 -0500
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I'm still struggling also, and against slower competition. One thing I =
have found is that as soon as we are not hard on the wind it pays big =
time to move the jib lead to the rail from the track. Also in heavy air =
(20+kts) I'll put the #3 lead on the rail, I give up a few degrees =
pointing but the main traveller can then be played down quite a bit and =
the helm is much lighter. When we do hit the groove the boat really =
moves.
I just found some polars based on IMS for the boat that shows up-wind =
apparent wind angle of 26 deg. for pretty much all wind speeds and with =
a full crew on the rail.
Jerry Black
Pelirrojas 42222
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just found some polars based on IMS =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jerry Black</FONT></DIV>
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42222</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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