OUch. Advice.
John Harker wrote:
So keep it flat. Depower. Let the main down with the traveler.
Point a little high. Aggressively reef or drop the main. Judy's
advise is fine tuning in the face of shifting winds on these gross
motions.
John Harker C27 Prana 6261 Santa Cruz
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Judy ...
I have tried and tried to get my '86 tall rig to balance ... "two
fingers on the tiller" as you put it. Right now, the mast is straight
up and down, which is about six inches further forward than I was
told to start. At anything past 10 degrees heel angle, I'm holding
on, and past 15 degress heel angle I'm starting to fight rounding up.
At .20 degress, all efficiency is gone and I'm dragging a tiller
through the water. Bottom is clean, and I don't know what else to do.
Ideas?
Tom
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Re: catalina27-talk: Yesterdays sail
Hi all,
I sail in 20-25-30 knots all the time. Got a tall rig with that
giant foretriangle, and roller furler. Rear traveller and tiller.
Most of the time, I've got a 95% jib on. That's roughly equivalent
to a 110% on a regular rig. She's fine with that from about 10 to 35
knots with the 95% jib. As the wind builds and if it's gusty (which
it always is here), we twist off the jib and mainsail first if it's
gusty, then 1st reef, then take a 2nd reef.
Her rig is tuned so that I can control her with just 2 fingers on the
tiller. Putting a lot of twist in both the jib and the mainsail and
playing the traveller takes care of heeling in the gusts most of the
time.
Like Paul A says, when it's gusty and there's chop, you want to
shape the sails for acceleration, not speed. I loosen the
halyard/cunningham to put a rounded entry in the mainsail so they
have a wider range of angle of attack without stalling, and they
accelerate faster.
For the off-season in the winter (winds from 0-15), we use a 135% on
a roller furler. That's equivalent to a 150% on a regular rig. We
typically furl going up wind in anything over 12-15 knots, and maybe
let it out going downwind. Sometimes we've got it up in higher winds
and let it out all the way going downwind. It's a hoot going
downwind in 20 knots on swells, and there's a danger of broaching --
but it's exhilerating . but I wouldn't want to try beating upwind
with it!
We don't race. We double hand. We're lazy, but pretty fast.
Judy B
