I fully endorse the Drifter suggestion. We have (as a part of the
twenty something sails that came with Corsair) a 1/2 oz Drifter that
will get us a knot of boat speed for a knot of breeze. It has to be on
the deck when the true wind hits 8 knots. We baby this 1971 built sail
and it has proven its worth numerous times. I even took it with us on
the Queen's Cup race and it kept us going for a while until we were
becalmed and had to retire due to time constraints.
I still have Spankers, Bloopers and staysails hanging in the barn.
Neil Schiller
1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7
(C&C 35, Mark I)
White Lake, Michigan
On 8/5/2016 5:18 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List wrote:
Hi David,
Yeah we do it all the time, it's also called a reaching strut. On our
boats, the whisker pole is overkill and kind of too big / heavy
anyway. Since we only do it in very light winds I just get Nicholas
to grab the boat hook, push the clew out with it, hold it by hand /
prop it on the coach roof.
It does make a significant difference in 0-4 knot wind as your genny
has some kind of shape as opposed to just hanging half folded up.
Last race (Nicholas my teenage son was the skipper) and the wind was
so slight I was actually holding the clue by hand (We were on a close
reach), this way I had finer control.. And we walked away from
everybody by a good margin at the slightest puff. It may not be the
ideal angle / shape but it beats the heck out of hanging like a limp
flag.. Our competition said: Man! at the slightest wheeze of wind you
guys left us for dead...
Even better: Get a drifter headsail.. It's basically a genoa made out
of .5 - 1.0 oz spinnaker material.. They start pulling at the
slightest puff and are relatively cheap. As long as it fits on your
foil or is hanked on your forestay it counts as a genoa, not a spin.
It's on my shopping list for sails hopefully sooner than later
Also, the boat does really well broad reaching at 148-160 degrees true
angle wing on wing with the whisker pole forward towards the forestay
kind of like reaching with a conventional spinnaker. This way you're
wing on wing but have a speed advantage compared to DD by being at
very advantageous angle from a Polars standpoint. As long as it does
not take you too far of course to get to your mark that's a good way
to go as well. Good for very slight winds too.
Good luck,
-Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five"
Lake Lanier, GA
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:43:55 -0400
From: David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com>
To: CnC CnC discussion list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Finally Won a Race
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We had a very light wind race on Wednesday and the downwind leg was a
reach to broad reach I could not get the genoa to sit well and then
I noticed one of the other boats had the whisker pole to leeward
holding the clew out. I tried it and it seemed to help. Is this
something others do? Dave
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