sounds fast then!!
w/o photos it would be difficult to
comment on the sail shape. One thing is: the genoa drives
these boaties to such a huge extent, if you were able
to open up the slot a whole bunch and you werent dragging
around your rudder, then heck, GO FOR IT!
I'd be curious as heck to see pix from that night. In 12-18 you
undoubtedly wouldve most likely probably sorta had to dump
the trav down a bit and maybe sorta kinda crack off a little leech
tension on that main by easing sheet.
most likely sorta kinda is my bet.
but hey keep sailing fast and finishing in the top 3!!!! --tf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It felt good!!
Oh, yeah, the helm. I wasn't fighting it at all. Slight weather helm.
Bob
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From: Tim Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> well, how did the helm feel? if it
> was loaded up plenty, espec in the puffs, you could've gone a
> lot faster by centering it and reducing weather helm.
>
> if the helm felt light then sounds like you were optimizing
> the sail for its current condition (7 yr old white sail)
> and sailing fastly. quickish. speedie
>
> whatever.
>
> so howl did it feel?
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > 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 leec! h tellt ales 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
> >
>
