It's all about sail shape in coordination with the helm. In general, very full sails are more powerful but won't let you point as high. Flat sails are slower but allow for higher pointing. Assuming you're going into a downwind leg, you want your sails to be as "spinnaker like" as possible. Loosen everything and move genoa cars forward. Someone else alluded to it but a good practice is to start further off the wind and come up to your desired course slowly.
Assuming sails are properly trimmed, acceleration is more a factor of a straight rudder, flat water, clean air and boat preparation. Above all, as a new racer try to stay with the fleet. If everyone is on one side of the course there is probably a reason. I not the big racer however... John Sent from my iPad > On Jan 18, 2014, at 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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