[C320-list] Sailing on windy days

[Chris Burti]

Doug,
I probably answered most of your questions in my reply to Art, but for
clarity, please see insertions below...

What size jib/genoa are you flying? - 135% - Factory OEM sails...

Do you have a back stay adjuster?...No, but when I replaced the furler drum
a few years ago, I realized that my forestay was too loose. I tightened
that up by splitting the difference on the back stay considerably which
helped eliminate a lot of rounding up issues in general.

Out haul tension, tight I assume? ...Very tight

Barber hauler (we don't have one) / halyard tension? Cunningham (runs to
the stoppers in the cockpit) on the luff of the Main, pulled down about 4",
Halyard tension tight on the Jenny.

Traveler down, obviously... YUP, Vang loose.

Jib car positioning?... Back, just enough to induce some twist at the top
of the jenny.

(Garhauer E-Z Glide Adjustable Genoa Car System)

Anything else I've not mentioned?... Can't think of anything, the C320
balances really well trimmed this way...as we got closer to Ocracoke the
puffs increased somewhat and we would tend to round up a bit at 23 knots
but we dropped the sails as we turned upwind in the channel..



Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:

> 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...
>
> --
> 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
>