A snip from the GoPro video from race #2 of our 50th anniversary fall regatta. 6kts boat speed in about 10kts of breeze.
https://youtu.be/f22I2SlXnnE
https://youtu.be/f22I2SlXnnE
This past weekend
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You should find a way to be able to control your mainsail where you drive. Ideally both traveler and sheet, but if you can only manage one I'd go mainsheet and be ready to vangsheet. You crew can set then when needed. The trick to this is to have enough purchase on the mainsheet to allow you to trim in one handed while driving withtthe other. That mid-boom sheet doubles the workload on the sheet vs an end-boom system.
Get to work! ;^)
You should find a way to be able to control your mainsail where you drive. Ideally both traveler and sheet, but if you can only manage one I'd go mainsheet and be ready to vangsheet. You crew can set then when needed. The trick to this is to have enough purchase on the mainsheet to allow you to trim in one handed while driving withtthe other. That mid-boom sheet doubles the workload on the sheet vs an end-boom system.
Get to work! ;^)
Yeah it can be a bit of a handful to trim and drive at the same time. Obviously the higher the breeze, say over 10, it gets to be really tough. I believe there is a debrief scheduled for later today with appropriate refreshments. ;-)
I noticed the headsail leech fluttering in the video and it reminded me of a question - what's the consensus on how much flutter should be allowed? I've heard some say that any amount of flutter causes turbulence and diminishes lift, and I've heard others say that the leech curl induced by tightening the leech line is more harmful.
Great question. NO flutter is desirable. It RUINS sails.
If you are in trim and you cannot use the leach-line to eliminate the flutter, then something else is wrong.
Like with that sail. Specificly, it does not have enough hollow in the leach, which does not allow sheet tension to pull it tight. It needs to be re-cut by the sailmaker. Winter project.
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