[frers-list]Sailing Up-wind
Brown, Junius {PCNA}
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Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:08:16 -0500
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Sounds stupid, but start with making sure your bottom is fair, sails are
new, and the boat is light. In my first season I suffered from a serious
boat speed problem that was amazingly fixed by these three things!
Agree that apparent wind should be between 26-28 once you are up to speed.
You should outpoint all of the competition, always gaining height even if
you are giving up some speed - if you have VMG instrument, use it. Agree on
Hiking! Also - Don't underestimate the importance of the main to powering
the boat. Agree on the outboard leads (and forward), but I still havent
completely cracked the code off the wind, though I suspect sailing lower
than predicted by the curves is faster.
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From: frers-list-admin@lists.frers33.com
[mailto:frers-list-admin@lists.frers33.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Black
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:37 PM
To: frers-list@lists.frers33.com
Subject: [frers-list]Sailing Up-wind
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><SPAN class=427415919-04062004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sounds
stupid, but start with making sure your bottom is fair, sails are new, and the
boat is light. In my first season I suffered from a serious boat speed
problem that was amazingly fixed by these three things!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=427415919-04062004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Agree
that apparent wind should be between 26-28 once you are up to speed. You
should outpoint all of the competition, always gaining height even if you are
giving up some speed - if you have VMG instrument, use it. Agree on
Hiking! Also - Don't underestimate the importance of the main to powering
the boat. Agree on the outboard leads (and forward), but I still
havent completely cracked the code off the wind, though I suspect sailing lower
than predicted by the curves is faster.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jerry Black<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:37
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[frers-list]Sailing Up-wind<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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</FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jerry Black</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pelirrojas
42222</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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