[C320-list] Sailing on windy days

[Doug Treff]

Chris,

Since you brought it up, what types of sail trim adjustments are you
making to reduce weather helm? I often reef the main well before the
17-21 knots you mentioned but there may be other things I'm missing.
Mainly I  do this because of the tendency for the boat to round up
uncontrollably. If there was a better way of controlling wethaer helm,
I'd love to play with the settings first.

It's hard to tell a lot from the pictures other than the fact that
you're not reefed, and not bashing into the wind.  It looks like the
traveler is down a bit and the jib cars look to be pretty far forward,
giving the jib some twist. What was your course in relation to the wind
here? Looks like just forward of a beam reach.

What size jib/genoa are you flying?
Do you have a backstay adjuster?
Outhaul tension, tight I assume?
Barberhauler / halyard tension?
Traveler down, obviously...
Jib car positioning?
Anything else I've not mentioned?

Thanks...

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Chris Burti wrote:
> I posted a comment back in June about sailing to Ocracoke Island in a
> 17-21
> knot breeze and making 6 -7.5 knots and someone queried if we were
> reefed.
> We lucked out and received pictures taken by a niece who was aboard the
> Ocracoke to Swanquarter Ferry at that time...I have posted them to a
> shared
> page for anyone who wants to see our sail trim.
> 
> https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkrGojgsOdUzzS8deafxJaxUzzAf
> 
> Fair winds,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment, #867
> Farmville, NC