Thanks for the input folks, I am trying to digest it all. To be clear, neither I nor my crew have a problem reading the telltales or figuring out what decent trim is....though I am always ready to learn. My question was really more about getting the boat faster more quickly which could be accomplished by having the trimmer go to a marked position to start which I have never done or experienced personally. So the deeper part of the question was what effect does the car position or the wind speed have on this starting location. It seems to me that car location should not change the length of the sheet (merely its angles) so a beating location should be the same regardless of the car setting, do you agree? Secondly, I generally find I need more depth in lighter breezes so I expected you Guys to tell me that the sheet mark should be for some setting, likely mid-breeze levels for us, and then expect to sheet in for heavier breezes and out for lighter. Again, do you agree?
This is really about getting to good trim faster and easier for the Guys on the winches.
Dan