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Re: light air downwind racing
[Re: Charlie]
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06/22/12 07:11 PM
06/22/12 07:11 PM
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Posts: 137 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Taras
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I do race my J30 in spinnaker class and in non Spin class. In 2010 won the Non spin championship / 2011 was second (in a mixed fleet) The winds during the summer are oftern light,...and Bill is correct in saying dead down is not always the best option
This year I have been trying something different going downwind In light winds <5kts I take the traveller up to the windward end, with no vang, sheet out the main and "play" with the sail's position while holding the sheets in my hand (pulling it forward)....untill I find (feel) the sail pulling Surprisingly, the boom was just off center with a huge twist going downwind at 120-125 degrees
I have found that as the wind increases, I gradually increase the vang, lower the traveller and point more downwind (always trying to find the position that pulls the most
Last night the winds were 16kts+ so we were with the 110 Genoa and full main,...we were dead downwind, wing-on-wind and doing between 7 and 7.8 Kts on the knot meter The etchelles could catch us / nor could the J24's
That's what works for us
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