That's what I thought too. The tactician is steadily saying "go up", "turn up", and the girl first turns down like she has never steered before or is just in a panic. But she doesn't act panic'd, even after the collision. She doesn't assume command either, which seems odd, like she's the least experienced one aboard. Sorry, I think I would have grabbed the wheel if I had to repeat myself more than once.
Technical detail. Someone else pointed out that Blue was "close reaching" to the start, and the boom below centerline supports that. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ & Melody" <russ...@telus.net> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:08:20 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Race Video She, she, she. The helmsman is a girl and she being directed by a sailmaker who is noted as the professional sailor. What is wrong with this picture? And let the wind blow. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 08:34 PM 12/04/2013, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_03E5_01CE37D6.45975E00" Content-language: en-us 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 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Race Video 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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