In any reasonable breeze (+8 knots) I find generally that our pointing ability is so much better with the board down compared to any increased drag it adds that it is no contest--board all the way down, in my case ~ 7.25 feet.
In light air upwind, we drop it partially--maybe 6 feet. Downwind in a breeze with a kite, we often leave it down for stability since we feel that the added drag in minimal when we are exceeding hull speed anyway. In light air downwind, we crank her all the way up. YMMV and we have never really measured drift to leeward so a lot of this is more seat of the pants stuff than measurement based. Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > Listers, > > For those of you with a keel/centerboard on their C&C, I would love to > have some of your experience on when to deploy and when not to -- and if you > ever use it partially. > > Most of the time, we're board-down for upwind sailing and board-up for > downwind, but lately I'm noticing that in light air, it may make sense to > keep the board up upwind to reduce drag. Or does part-way down make sense? > > What are your thoughts? > > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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