There is no way to trim for "take off". There is properly trimmed and improperly trimmed. Period. There are things you can do to move closer and closer to properly trimmed, but simply trim according to the wind. More important, enter the rounding wide and exit close to the mark.
So the question you are actually asking is, "How do I trim sails properly." To which the answer is quite involved. At any point while sailing, the general guide for trimming sails is "when in doubt let it out". The other guide is to trim so as to imagine cutting the wind evenly across both sides of the sail. I use the windex and trim till the luff edge is parallel to the windex. This gives a ruff trim until you have time to get back and tweek them properly. Once you get around the mark and the sails are coursely adjusted you and the crew can work on fine tuning. Use the tell-tails and boat speed to tweak in the sails. The helmsman should be absolutely carefull not to pinch or come up into the wind. It is a very delicate balance between sailing too close to the wind and too far from the mark. Aside from proper sail trim there are many other factors and tactics for navigating the boat during a race. Enough to file many volumes. Josh On Jan 18, 2014 11:25 PM, "Curtis" <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > O.K what is the sail set for Acceleration Versus Speed? After I round the > windward mark no spinnaker and I want to accelerate back to hull speed? How > do I set the sails to get the max takeoff speed? > > Thanks. > > C&C30 MK1 > Curtis. > > > > > -- > > *At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. - Robin Lee > Graham* > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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