Curtis,
First, obtain and read North U.'s two books by Bill Gladstone, "Racing Trim"
and "Performance Racing Tactics". Although there are lots of books on sail
trim ("Sail Power" by Wallace Ross, old but good, for instance), North U's
books are easy to read and understand.
Second, unless it's "blowing stink", you won't get to hull speed downwind with
JAM. The best thing you can do is to carry your upwind speed through the
rounding. The best way to do that is to approach the windward mark on
starboard and bear off on starboard. However, tactical considerations and
decisions before and after the mark may result in you doing something different.
In windward/leeward racing, you have "upwind" mode and "downwind" mode. You
and your crew need to be able to shift between the two quickly and competently.
Every crew needs an assignment.
On Touche' we shift to downwind mode AFTER rounding the windward mark. We
shift to upwind mode BEFORE rounding the leeward mark. The reason is simple,
upwind mode requires the halyards, etc. to be tensioned. It's easier to
over-tension everything and ease it than to try to tension something when under
load.
When rounding the windward mark, carry your speed past the mark with a nice
smooth, round turn. Once through the turn, switch to downwind mode in a
deliberate fashion. The boat should be moving well and you won't lose or gain
much during the transition. More often than not, in JAM racing, the boat will
be slower downwind anyway.
On the other hand, at the leeward rounding, you should be in upwind mode before
the rounding. Carry speed through the turn and don't turn up too quickly.
Keep the boat in trim. It's important that the trimmers and helmsperson work
together to accelerate the boat. Trim the sails in deliberately as the
helmsperson steers up to course.
Downwind mode:
* Main and genoa halyards eased
* Outhaul eased
* Vang tensioned
* Backstay eased
* Traveler car out
Upwind mode
* Main and genoa halyards tensioned
* Outhaul tensioned
* Vang eased
* Backstay tensioned
* Traveler car centered or slightly to windward
Have fun!
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:25 PM
>Subject: Stus-List Speed Vr. Acceleration set up
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>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?
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>Thanks.
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>C&C30 MK1
>Curtis.
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