[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[Annie Bennett]

On Topcat I use the main sheet on the starboard side regardless of what tack I'm on as I'm very right handed and it feels more comfortable to me. I use the main sheet on the port side if I have non sailing guests who are sitting in the way of the sheet on the starboard sheet so I don't have to ask them to move.  Probably not a very technical reason I know. 

Annie Bennett
Topcat #1073

On 14/09/2012, at 9:21 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Proper sail trim dictates that you use the traveller primarily for
> changing the angle of attack, the vang for pulling the boom down or
> raising it to reduce twist, the mainsheet, outhaul and
> halyard/cunningham to move the draft of the sail forward or aft.
> 
> If you wish to move the boom in heavy air without using the winch,
> either luff up a little or ease the vang to reduce pressure on the
> sail. Either end of the sheet may be used. Both ends of the traveler
> should be synced.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Having sailed for 50+ years on boats with only one main sheet, I'll admit
>> to being totally perplexed with the port and starboard sheet arrangement on
>> the 320, especially when going upwind in anything other than light air.
>> 
>> My instincts tell me that hardening the upwind sheet should pull the boom
>> down and also bring it to windward (recognizing that the traveler also
>> determines boom alignment).  To do this, do you slack the downwind sheet?
>> When I do this, the boom moves quickly downwind, making it even harder to
>> pull the boom and sail to the upwind side, often requiring putting the
>> sheet on the winch and cranking hard.  Is there a protocol?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> gene
>> Satori #398
>> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
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>> 
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>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC