[C320-list] Sailing on windy days

[Kaare@charter.net]

Thanks for posting the excellent photos!
Kaare Wold. Sheet Music #945

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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>