racing
I have raced my 81 H30, but I just have a shoal draft keel not a swing keel. That is probably one of your problems, a fin keel is the most efficient and will point the best. I will make some suggestions that would help my boat, if you have a different set-up, they may not apply. I don't agree that moving the mainsheet forward on the boom will help, but I could be wrong. Do you have a mainsheet traveler? If you do, you wouldn't want to move your mainsheet. You want to practice using the traveler to your advantage, asking helps but the best thing to do is go sailing and play. Check the positioning of your snatch blocks for your headsail sheets also. If they are not positioned correctly, you will lose effeciency. The last thing that I can offer suggestions on is a backstay adjuster. If you don't have one, you are limiting your boats ability to point high on the wind. I don't have one yet, but a sailing buddy does and I can't point as high as him. He actually made his, I may do the same. If you have a split backstay, this works- He custom made two stainless plates that he bolted over his split backstays. Plastic sleeves over the bolts work good to keep the plates from tightening against the stays, and as bushings so the bolts don't rub the stays. He then attached a block and tackle, like a boom vang, to the plates and to a stern cleat. When he goes sailing, he pulls the block and tackle down the split backstays, which pulls them together and tensions the whole backstay. I plan to do the same. Hope these suggestions help.
