Rick,
You're not missing anything. I think I confused everyone by my comments about
ducking, when you REALLY need to ease the main in order to come down, and this
situation when a tight main MAY affect the steering when the boat really wants
to come up. In this situation, the tight main may be overpowering the steering
and creating a stalling condition in the rudder. It shouldn't prevent the boat
from coming up, however, it may affect the effective control of the boat as it
does come up.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
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>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Race Video
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>I don’t think you’re missing anything. I’ve been trying to understand the
>comment that the main being trimmed in tight could have overwhelmed the
>steering. I may be missing something, but 45 years of sailing tells me I’m not.
>
>Blue was close hauled on STBD, with the main in tight. That means weather helm
>– or at best neutral helm. Just 10 or 15 seconds before the collision you see
>the helmsman make a big wheel movement to turn down, which I suspect was to
>overcome the weather helm. Had he left the wheel alone (or made smaller
>steering correction) the boat would have come up on her own.
>
>The other comments describing the main overcoming the steering (and this has
>probably happened at one time or another to all of us) have all described
>crossing/ducking situations, when the main caused the boat to turn up when it
>was undesirable.
>
>Rick Brass
>
>From:CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chuck S
>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:42 PM
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>Subject: Re: Stus-List Race Video
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>Question: didn't think you needed to ease the main to turn upwind? Am I
>missing something? Should ease the jib sheet.
>Chuck
>Resolute
>1990 C&C 34R
>Atlantic City, NJ
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