[C320-list] Tacking Efficiently in Racing

[argates2nd at comcast.net]

We club race an Olympic course with a crew of 4 or 5.  Our new dacron 155 Genny is a handful for guys aged 65-72 to handle in wind above 10-12mph. 



Last Monday, an Alerion 28 with high tech sails, which gives us about 2 minutes per hour, beat us and won by 63 seconds corrected.  If we had tacked more efficiently, it would have made the difference. 



One of our crew handles the traveler at the start of the tack, one lets off the genny sheet, and one does the work pulling and then winching the new working sheet. 



What tips do you have for better teamwork while tacking -- (besides a folding prop to replace our 2 bladed fixed prop)? 



Rollie     #182 (wing keel)    Charlotte Harbor, FL