[C320-list] 130 jib sheet track placement

[Mark Cole]

Sara;

I can’t tell you which hole to seat the turning block car in, but I can tell you how to figure it out on your boat.  As you move the car aft, say hole 3, you put more tension on the foot of the sail and the bottom half flattens out and upper half has less tension.  If you move the car forward, say hole 8, you flatten the upper half of the sail and put more belly in the lower half.  To find the best spot, start with the car in hole 6, trim the sail close hauled and slowly turn the boat towards the wind.  Watch the upper and lower telltales - if the lower telltales break (flutter) first, move the car aft one hole.  If the upper telltales break first, move the car forward one hole.  If the wind is over a few knots, you will have to tack to adjust the car, so move the leeward car to the new hole before you tack and do the experiment again.  The goal is to get both sets of telltales, upper and lower, breaking at the same time as you slowly turn into the wind.

Mark
Fiddler’s Green #8

> On Jan 18, 2021, at 5:05 PM, JOE LUCIANO <jnluciano at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Try about 9 or 10 from the stern end.  Too much angle on the sheet doesn't pull hard enough vertically.....
> 
> Joe
> Second Wind
> #1044
> 
>> On 01/18/2021 4:50 PM Sara Schroeder Skinner <saras951 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I have a new 130 and am experimenting with which track “button/rivet” you put the sliding car/block on.  The 130 has a smaller surface area at the head than my 150 did and I’m trying to find the sweet spot to where the top of the sail doesn’t flog.  Let’s assume we are counting from the stern of the boat. I have been putting the car on the third button/divet. 
>> Sara
>> Wandering Star
>> #707/2000
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