Yes Your right Jim That HC of 171 will go right the window. *"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."*
So would it be better for me just starting out racing to stay as close to abeam as possible even if I have to tack more often instead of trying to sail to close? Do my long leg first, Stay in the middle, Tack early? On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > The quick way is to start your engine and kick it up to 3000 RPM, but you > may take a hit in PHRF for that. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > > On 18 January 2014 21:28, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- *At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.- Robin Lee Graham*
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