Last year 2nd weekend
AYC Fall Series, wind from the Thomas Pt Light weather station, in knots:
Dir, Speed Gust, Time
027, 24.1, 32.1, 11:00 AM
019, 22.9, 29.9, 12:00 PM
026, 22.0, 29.9, 01:00 PM
035, 22.9, 27.0, 02:00 PM
Full main & #3 with seven crew at 1320 lbs. Wound forestay 10 full turns tighter, uppers and lowers at 44-45, about as tight as I could get them. Tightened backstay turnbuckles tight with backstay adjuster off. Main up in the harbor behind a building, full crew in full foulies on the rail from then on. On the race course halyards extra tight; cunningham and outhaul maxed. Backstay tight as it will go without inverting the main. Mainsheet on hard, vang snug to that trim. (Must ease vang before going downwind!) Keep the jib full and use traveler to control heel. Play traveler constantly from middle to all the way down. At that point the main is either luffing or only using the last two feet of the leach. You can feather in puffs, but not to the point of auto-tack (a disaster) or feeling sluggish in the inevitable big waves or chop.
Too bad only three boats came out to play-- it was great experience.
