If you are in a phrf region that doesn't limit the whisker pole to the J measurement it may well be faster to go dead downwind poled out. Since under LakevMichigan phrf we are limited to J I have had success with gybing downwind. BUT, it requires that you know and apply your Polars to the conditions and wind speed and be committed to them. You can't just go as fast as you can in the wrong direction and expect it to turn out well. My experience.... Bill Walker CnC 36 Pentwater, Mi
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Same experience in my JAM fleet with 30-40 footers--barn doors win every time--in spite of advice to sail a hotter angle and jibe. Can't figure out whether the advice is BS or I sail off at an angle where the extra distance is not made up by the faster speed and the subsequent jibes. Until I am passed by a boat that jibes downwind in light air, I am sticking with the bard door approach! Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb #77 Oriental, NC cenel...@aol.com
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