Great, thanks for the tips! From what I've read on here, twist in mail will help me power up, but we had a much more experienced member join us last week who used to sail a J29, and he said twist will spill air and depower - we won that race in VERY light air, with a very tight main sheet, and traveler not up all the way, as I try to avoid bringing the boom past midship.
We ended up in 3rd this race, and 2nd overall for August - not bad for year 1 of racing tho! We not only were light on crew, but had quite a few novice members, so things just didn't happen fast or well, and we ended up overshooting several marks.
The wind started to die, so I opted for the 140 - should have went with the blade jib, but, we managed to keep the boat pretty flat considering. Had backstay and outhaul on full, lots of vang, and cunningham on, but I didn't re-tension my shrouds. Is this something I should do for every race, and is there a rough guideline? I assume tighter shrouds = flatter main, so less power, vs. lighter shrouds allowing the luff to fill out more from more bend in the mast?
