[C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)

[Kirk McCullough]

For what its worth, that's the way I do it too. The stronger the wind the 
flatter i want my main and jib to be. Light air i keep them fuller for more 
drive on most points of sail.

Kirk
Boomerang #124
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Hare" <catalina at thehares.com>
To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)


>
> Len,
>
>   When close hauled, I shoot for only a very slight belly in the sail and
> rely on the slot effect created by the genoa.
> The stronger the apparent wind, the flatter we try to make them on all
> points of sail.
>
> I shoot for the greatest belly in the main sail when on a beam reach in
> light to medium air, and flatten it as I go towards any other point of 
> sail.
>
> But then, I'm not a racer...  :)
>
> -JeffH
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Van Vessem [mailto:jvanvessem at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 5:03 PM
> To: C320-List
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)
>
> Len,
>
> I'm sure Orlando will agree, you need a flat sail on broad reach and a 
> well
> curved sail on close haul, the greater the curve the greater the Bernoulli
> effect.
>
> John Van Vessem
> Sojourn 645
> Vallejo Yacht Club
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Len <aqua5len at gmail.com>
> To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:00:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)
>
>
> Orlando,
>
> Thanks for tip---in your experience, when do you tighten the vang?
>
> Len
> Aqua5   #1080
>
> On 11/26/06, Orlando.Duran at averydennison.com
> <Orlando.Duran at averydennison.com> wrote:
>> Here's a tip, don't tighten the vang when you're running on a
>> 320...let it rise a bit, you'll go much faster...
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Len
>> To: catalina
>> To: Catalina 320 List
>> ReplyTo: Catalina 320 List
>> Sent: Nov 26, 2006 5:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)
>>
>> [Sent by: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com ] Must agree with
>> Jeff---an adjustable vang really works well---my boat has a gas-spring
>> vang that holds boom (in-boom furling)  at 87 degrees, but when you're
>> running with the boom way out you pull in the boom vang which
>> compresses the gas spring and pulls the boom down to adjust the
>> mainsail.  Same principle should apply, whether in-mast or in-boom
>> furling.
>>
>> Len
>> Aqua5   #1070
>>
>> On 11/26/06, Jeffrey Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > So, I have to assume that either your dealer owns a powerboat and
>> doesn't
>> > sail, because he clearly doesn't *know* how to sail.  :)
>> >
>> > Because regardless of what kind of main you have, an adjustable boom
>> vang is
>> > one of a few key ways of extracting the best performance your mainsail.
>> >
>> > The garhauer boom vang is really well built.  Having an adjustable
>> > vang
>> will
>> > add another thing to set properly before furling the main however,
>> > but
>> it's
>> > gotta be worth having.
>> >
>> > BTW, Am I correct in assuming that a furling main has no cunningham
>> cringle
>> > to control the draft of the sail?
>> >
>> > -Jeff
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Nigel Price [mailto:nigel.price at bigpond.com]
>> > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:50 AM
>> > To: C320-List
>> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Mast Furling (Free advice)
>> >
>> >  Thanks for the comments on in-mast furling mains, Dick. I have an
>> in-mast
>> > furler as well, but it has a boom vang with a pin through it and no
>> block
>> > and tackle arrangement, which prevents any adjustment. I spoke to
>> > Frank Butler about about it and he said that they scrapped that idea
>> > and that
>> I
>> > could buy an adjustable vang from them to replace it (nice of him).
>> However,
>> > our local agent is adament that an adjustable vang is bad news and
>> simply
>> > won't order it for me. What system is on your boat?
>> >  Cheers,
>> >  Nigel
>> >  "Epiphany" #1061
>> >
>> >
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: "Richard A. Walker" <dickwalker at att.net>
>> >  To: "'pkenefick'" <pkenefick at earthlink.net>; "'C320-List'"
>> > <c320-li
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