Re: the continuing adventures of CARBON OFFSET....
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:07 pm
.FALL 2012......actually been -enjoying- the boat over the past few weeks,, had a few outings,,,
and also been detailing and tuning the keel-fit and rig tune.
...the boat sails nicely in balance now,,,a puff,the boat heals,,seeks to windward,,
,,then bears-off as it flattens out.
.........I've also been seeing that sailing 2up works fine up to the mid teens at least.,what's been working well is to get my assistant to helm as I jumble with raising/lowering the chute,and dealing with the rotating bow-pole,,,rather than me holding the tiller and 'directing' some poor newby!
.....for gybes,,,crew passes me the spinnsheet and gybes the bow-pole,I give the old spinnsheet a big 'jerk' once he's got the pole ready,which helps steer the boat into the gybe and unweights the chute,,and he immediatly sheets on the new side,,,, this sequence really smoothes out the maneuvers!
....methinks saturday was the last day of t-shirt sailing 'round here,tho
and also been detailing and tuning the keel-fit and rig tune.
...the boat sails nicely in balance now,,,a puff,the boat heals,,seeks to windward,,
,,then bears-off as it flattens out.
.........I've also been seeing that sailing 2up works fine up to the mid teens at least.,what's been working well is to get my assistant to helm as I jumble with raising/lowering the chute,and dealing with the rotating bow-pole,,,rather than me holding the tiller and 'directing' some poor newby!
.....for gybes,,,crew passes me the spinnsheet and gybes the bow-pole,I give the old spinnsheet a big 'jerk' once he's got the pole ready,which helps steer the boat into the gybe and unweights the chute,,and he immediatly sheets on the new side,,,, this sequence really smoothes out the maneuvers!
....methinks saturday was the last day of t-shirt sailing 'round here,tho