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 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
