Karl:

 

Section 4 of the C&C 29 Mk I Owner’s Manual gives guidance for tuning both at 
the dock and under sail.  I downloaded a copy from the cncphotoalbum website.

 

Hope this is helpful.

 

Barry McKee

C&C 29 Mk I “Discovery II”

Bronte, Ontario

 

From: Karl Kuzis via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] 
Sent: 21-Oct-22 9:20 AM
To: Stus-List
Cc: Karl Kuzis
Subject: Stus-List Re: Tuning questions - now Loos gauge accuracy

 

Thanks for all the input!

 

Two comments this morning. 

1 The cncphotoalbum site appears down, anyone have insight?  or a copy of the 
tuning article?

 

2 In some boats (thinking cal 20) leaving lowers loose and uppers just snug 
allowed the rig to bend to leeward and actually improve upwind speed without 
poor pointing.  Not sure how the aerodynamics of all that works but sure helped 
racing. Most of the cal 20 race crews actually removed the aft lowers.

 

as we aren't racing our CnC29 I'm tuning for safety and somewhat performance so 
all input is still welcome!

 

Respectfully, Karl 

 

Karl Kuzis 

C&C 29 Mk1 Firefly 

 

 

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:25 PM dwight veinot via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

Looser than what?  

 

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 1:17 PM John Irvin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:

Some interesting thoughts here. Looser tuning tends to be faster, in my opinion 
(C&C 27-III)

 

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From: Dennis C. via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
Sent: October 20, 2022 9:45 AM
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Cc: Dennis C. <mailto:capt...@gmail.com> 
Subject: Stus-List Tuning questions - now Loos gauge accuracy

 

Hmmm.  Didn't think Loos gauges were terribly inaccurate.  Now I question them. 
 Found this article:

 

https://l-36.com/loosaccuracy.php 
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Guess a good rule is to use the same gauge only to return your rig to settings 
based on your experience on the water.

 

I might borrow a neighbor's gauge and compare it to mine.

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Dennis C.

Touche' 35-1 #83

Mandeville, LA

 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 7:55 PM Doug Robinson via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

YO;

It has been our observation that the Loos gauge readings are relative 
and not specific, our gauge will not match yours.  But if you  use my 
gauge (or yours) and measure my rig you can use the same gauge to return 
to your boat and match settings.   We could be wrong in this.

One of those races where we interchange crew members, Chris Doyle from 
Skip Doyle's boat Rocking Chair was delegated to our boat...first thing 
he did was to loosen the rig and we did well. Wish we had kept those 
settings, I think we sail to tight.

Doug Robinson

 

 

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