Gun shy

[Captain Grey Beard]

[QUOTE="Project_Mayhem, post: 1869574, member: 142967”] ... This is also the same guy that drunkenly fell from the cabin top to the cabin sole. Take it with a grain of salt

Ouch! That could create a life changing injury. Skippers keep those companionway covers closed!
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And don't walk on the hatch....it slides....sometimes unexpectedly.

 

[shemandr]

I used to pull the main traveler up in over powered condition and ease the mainsheet. It was a good way to twist off the top of the main and keep the boat on its feet. As the overpowered condition increased I could end up with the traveler all the way down and just using the sheet to dump the main in gusts. Not all skippers liked my trimming style (In racing). I guess they would rather the rig shaking like a leaf with only the last foot of the leach trimmed. There is a mantra among racers to trim for the lulls and live through the gusts. But I think keeping the boat on its feet and the foils working is better than fighting rounding up and using too much rudder.

 

[Stu Jackson]

I only posted that page from Royce's book to show how to rig a downhaul and that a furler isn't "required or necessary" on a C22. Had nothing to do with weather or lee helm.

That downhaul arrangement was so superb I installed one my C25 and used it for the next 11 years. If you sail on port tack and then heave to, you can use the downhaul to drop the jib on the foredeck and because of the way hanks work, the sail is neatly folded and ready to be rolled up into a sailbag.

I never experienced lee helm and agree it would be weird. Only thing like it driving under a spinnaker - you want to turn the wrong way until you learn.

Did you drop the 110 on your C22 because of lee helm or weather helm Stu? I can't remember being on a boat with lee helm and can only imagine it to be very disconcerting.