Rounding up!!!!!!!!!!

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Rob

Why is it that in anything over 15 Knots my O'DAY 25, with a fin keel, constantly buries the windows and rounds up? Also what should I be using for winches? Thanks you guys ROCK!!!!!!!
 
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cee-bee

sheets,traveler,crew,reef(s)

2002 was 1st year for me on a 25w/tall rig&c.b. although differ keel types, most effective for reduceing wetted area, i found was use of 1st reef, also a crew fore mast on rail to wind. a knot meter works good for real time hull speed,helping determine optimum heel or lack of relative to speed. thats what it's all about sometime...have a blast
 
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EJ Tews

Rounding up in 15 knots

I had the same problem, I tighten the jib, made the jib flatter and eased of the main travler. Now in 15 knts. I now have very little weather helm and my wife is not yelling at me about white knuckles. EJ
 
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Mike

reef early reef often

While I sail an O'day 28 the rules of reef are the same for all keel boats. There is some optimum point where you can go to the round up or reef the main and or jib. It is around 15 knots of wind that I must reef the main to the first reef point at around 20 knots it's time to slurp up a little jib (+20%) or so. The boat sails flatter, truer and lots more comfotable. My lean-alarm (Nancy the wife) sounds the warning warble loud and clear when it is time to reef. Of course when we are out with the "boys" or on the race course the reef rules relax. Experiment with those optimum points and enjoy the ride. Remember we can learn to sail in a weekend but it might take a life time to get good at it. Good Luck
 
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Buddy Riley

Rounding up

Try keeping the head sail trimmed, and easing the main sail. This back winds the main and keeps the center of effort forward. Even with this you will have to reef around 20 knots. When you do, try reefing the main before the head sail. Also always try to not let the boat round up and steer strait, the action of rounding up itself increases heeling because the mast which is outboard of the arc of the path is accelerated as you round up increasing the apparent wind speed on the sail
 
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