I hope you guys are all talking apparent wind strength On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> It’s situational, depending on the boat and who’s on it. On my 30 MK I, a > notoriously stiff boat, I’ll carry full main and 150% genoa in 20+ knots > with my racing crew aboard. Leisure sailing with my wife in the same > conditions, it’s main only, if she’ll even go out :) > > I give my crew these guidelines when they race the boat without me: > <10 knots - full main and drifter (lightweight 150%) > 10-20 knots - full main and #2 genoa (heavy 150%) > >20 knots - flat main and #3 genoa (heavy 130%) > > My experience with my 30-1 has been that it takes about 25 knots under > full sail to bury a rail close-hauled. Twice this summer I tore my drifter > when the wind jumped from 10 to 35 with little warning; she tears sails > before knocking down. > > Cheers, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #7 > Ken Caryl, CO > > > On Oct 30, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > After spending a wonderful weekend with a bunch of great folks, Manon > and I sailed back to > > Havre de Grace under the strongest conditions we have been in yet. We > usually stay put if the forecast is over 20. The forecast was 20s with > gusts to 30+. I was looking forward to testing my new rig, especially since > Josh allowed me to use his Loos gauge to check my rig job. Turns out my > tune was quite true. We had been out before, but only at a max of about 20. > > We set sail at the yellow mark outside Nap with 2 reefs in the main and > a full 100 jib. > > Everything was going well, a nice beam reach, until north of the bridge > when the swells got larger and the gusts stronger. The gusts would push us > over to the rails in the water and last for a good 30 seconds, then a swell > would push us a little further. A few times we lost depth indication, a > tell that the transducer was out of the water, or nearly so. Reefing the > jib to 50% made things much more comfortable. We sailed the whole way back > under these conditions. Entering HdG channel was challenging, putting us > close hauled and tacking up the channel to where it ran abeam again. > Thankfully my new sonar allowed for greater tacks outside of the channel, > which freaked out the Admiral. I decided to tack instead of motoring and > dropping sail to avoid turning the sails into rags in the 25 knot winds ( > mine are of unknown age). > > So now the question, when do you reef? How much wind is too much? > > We usually do the first reef at 15, the second at 20, then the jib at > 25. I am thinking 35 sustained would be my limit. But I havent been out in > that yet. > > > > S/V La Neige > > 1993 C&C 37/40 XL > > Havre de Grace , MD > > FB blog : thenext14years > > Brian and Manon > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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