Bob,
If youre not sure a closer sheeting angle is worth the effort, then why not try a closer sheeting angle using a barber hauler. Ive always rigged them on my (racing) boats prior to the C270.** In the beginning they had elegant free running SS clips to attach the barber hauler to the sheets. The barber haul line went to a fairlead and then to a Harken 150 cam cleat. In the end it was just a very short piece line tied to the sail cringe and a well positioned Harken 150. Such devices cant violate the reality of a polar performance chart (i.e. higher angle sails slower), but if you need a few degrees of pointing angle to force a windward boat to tack away to clear your air its great. If you want to see what an inside track would do just pull the clew the 6 8 inches youd gain with the inside track. It doesnt take much force to divert the line a few degrees; just dont try tacking with a short line barber hauler set. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 ** C270s sheet to the cabin top stock so they point extremely high as delivered. Sailing at 15° is posible but slow. Hi Leroy, I use a 110% sail most of the time, and use the outboard track. I feel that an inboard track might allow me to point a bit higher, but I am not sure that adding a new inboard track would be worth the effort. Bob Stockley Sundance #2436
