Re: catalina27-talk: mainsail trim

[sailrmann]

Pat, that would be correct.  Tight reach so the jib was pulled back and flat. The boom was to port, traveler to port, wind coming over port side.

 

Bob

 

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From: "Patrick R Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bob,

The boom above midline ? Traveler to windward, is that to

the port side with a port wind  ?

Pat Ford

 Seabiscuit 3692

Port Washington, WI

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Subject: catalina27-talk: mainsail trim

The last two times I have been out racing (different crews) on my Catalina 27, the mainsail trimmers have taken the boom above midline by about 2 feet. I thought that anything above midline was effectively putting on the brakes, but the leech telltales and mid-sail telltales on this 7 year old, dacron, fully battened main with loose foot were all streaming straight back. The main sheet was fairly tight and the traveler car was almost as far windward as possible. The main had a somewhat rounded shape, where I thought it should have been flatter. Winds were 8-10. We squeeked out second by 12 seconds last night (sorry Cary) so we couldn't have been totally wrong.

Does this sound right? Suggestions for something better?

Bob Mann
Windcatcher
'85 C27, #5928