Just thinking about the recent thread on struggling for speed on close reach and enjoying all the answers. Clearly some boats will point higher than others and then there is a further division to those that point better at different wind speeds. Off the top of my head, here are some of the factors I know about in no particular order in a list. I would love to read what others I should add to the list and/or your thoughts on their ranking of importance. Top 3 are boat design elements, next three are boat property elements, last ones are trim specific to wind conditions:
-keel depth and type
-jib sheeting angle
-hull shape/design
-sail condition
-hull but especially keel and rudder smoothness
-Rig tune
-Draft position from luff tension
-Twist
-sail draft depth
- forestay tension
This probably won't be as good a discussion as those prompted by Don's questions but I thought I should help out somehow for all the joy I get reading the responses.
Dan
-keel depth and type
-jib sheeting angle
-hull shape/design
-sail condition
-hull but especially keel and rudder smoothness
-Rig tune
-Draft position from luff tension
-Twist
-sail draft depth
- forestay tension
This probably won't be as good a discussion as those prompted by Don's questions but I thought I should help out somehow for all the joy I get reading the responses.
Dan