I'm sure a lot of you have tried to describe some concept or other over the phone to a person who doesn't know what you're talking about. It ain't easy!!
I talk to a lot of sailors and I need a better way to describe TWIST. I tell them to form their right hand in a salute and then place their hand vertically in front of their face. What they are looking at is a "closed" main or jib. In other words, the sail is powerd up from top to bottom. I then tell them to turn their fingers only to the right. That is an "open" main or jib and they're spilling power out of the top of the sail. To power the sail back up they merely turn their fingers in slowly. That's what twist is all about.
Some get and some don't. Can any of you think of a better way to describe twist over the phone?
I talk to a lot of sailors and I need a better way to describe TWIST. I tell them to form their right hand in a salute and then place their hand vertically in front of their face. What they are looking at is a "closed" main or jib. In other words, the sail is powerd up from top to bottom. I then tell them to turn their fingers only to the right. That is an "open" main or jib and they're spilling power out of the top of the sail. To power the sail back up they merely turn their fingers in slowly. That's what twist is all about.
Some get and some don't. Can any of you think of a better way to describe twist over the phone?