Curtis, It's probably a good opportunity to play with your sail controls as well as just your sail selection to see what works.
I presume you're talking about beating into the wind and waves when you're talking about sail options - downwind you'll have the asym and full main up and see how fast you can go... Will you be sailing with lots of crew and an active mainsail trimmer, or trying to set and forget? If the latter then you will need to downsize the sail plan appropriately rather than depowering in the gusts / powering up over the waves. You will want to flatten the sails and induce twist if that's not enough. Tighten backstay, babystay, halyards, cunningham to bend the mast, flatten the sails and keep the draught forward. Move the genoa cars back from normal full-power trim to induce twist in the headsail and reduce mainsheet tension / raise the traveler to induce twist in the main. Those shapes will be more forgiving in waves and reduce heeling moment and overall power. Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm kind of new at the big boat thing. I have owned it for 2 years now > and have had some great days sailing but no with any wind really. Well > this weekend will offer a cold front with some good wind to practice > in > Here is what the weather man is calling for. > > Sat > NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft...subsiding to 3 to 4 ft in the > afternoon. A chance of showers...mainly in the morning. > Sat Night > NW winds 10 to 15 kt...increasing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas > 3 to 4 ft. > Sun > N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. > Sun Night > NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft...building to 4 to 5 ft after > midnight. > Do you think I would need to reef in this weather? Like I said I have > had plenty of days in 8 to sa 14 knots of wind. So what’s your > recommendation to a newby in this weather? > > Thanks for your help. > Keep in mind my sail inventory > 1) Working head 110% sail with 2 reef points. > 2) Working Main sail > 3) Racing main sail > 3) 135% Genoa > 4) 155% Genoa > 5) 170% drifter > 6) asymmetrical kite with sock. > > Thanks again for your help. I need anybody’s specific advice on how > the C&C 30 MK1 handles this kind of air. > > > -- > “Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, > should really be running the world.” - Nicholas Monsarrat > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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