RE: catalina27-talk: mainsail trim

[michael mcvey]

you flatten the sail in a heavy breeze 8-10 is well within average for a c27 what the trimmer was doing was creating more lift like on an airplane wing, this also depends on the cut of you sail. I would suggest when not racing experimenting with the sail trim it could be allot of fun and a learning experience have fun Mike M .

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com
Subject: catalina27-talk: mainsail trim
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:43:04 +0000

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

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