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October 2011
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Sail Sense
Because your sails matter! |
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Balance Your Boat
The
basis for tuning a boat starts with an understanding of what it is you
are trying to accomplish. While many one design classes publish tuning
guides the top sailors realize that those guides are merely starting
points and have to be adjusted to fit individual boats, sails, and even
the way that different people sail.
The
basis for tuning your boat should start with balancing the boat. This
means having your sailplan balanced with your hull shape or having the
Center of Effort of your sails (the CE) in line with the Center of
Lateral Resistance (CLR) of the your hull. This gives you a neutral helm
because you don't have to have the rudder turned one way of the other
to keep the boat going straight and the associated drag that causes.
The
balance will change on different points of sails and in different wind
speeds so it is necessary to set your boat up to match the predominate
conditions you sail in, and understand the changes you can make to
correct for it in different conditions
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| Thoughts on the 2011 Capri 25 Nationals
I
spent three days at Wayzata Yacht Club in September for the Capri 25
National Championship, one day doing tuning seminars and two days
observing the regatta. It is always interesting and informative to
observe regattas, to see the differences in sail trim and tactics.
The
biggest difference I saw in sail trim was in how mainsails were set.
Even though in the tuning seminars I had coached people on keeping the
boom up on centerline and the leech tight enough to trim the back end of
the top batten parallel with the boom, I was surprised to see how few
people did that. The Capri 25 has a fairly big overlapping genoa and a
relative small mainsail so when sailing upwind the main is much more of a
trailing edge flap for the headsail than in many boats. You can sheet
the main quite hard without stalling the telltales on the upper leech
because of the amount of air that is being forced over it from the
genoa.
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 Pacific NW Multihull Championship
"Osprey" 2nd Place |
| Choose Your Spinnaker
Spinnakers
fall into three broad categories; Racing Asymmetric, Racing Symmetric,
and Cruising. In each of those there are different options depending on
the intended conditions, both wind speed and wind angle, which you want
to use the sail in.
Let's
start with a basic understanding of how spinnakers are designated, what
the "codes" mean. Even number sails are running sails, designed for use
when you are trying to sail as deep as possible or when the course
dictates sailing at an apparent wind angle greater than 90 degrees.
Odd number sails are reaching sails, generally designed to be used
with apparent wind angles of 90 degrees or less. The higher the number,
the more wind they are made for. The exception to this is the Code 0
which is designed for extremely tight reaching and will be made with the
minimum mid-girth allowed to still be a legal spinnaker.
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Fall Special - Up to 15% off on any Sail
PLUS Extra 2% for Non Credit Card Purchases
Between now and the end of October we are offering a 15% discount on all Sails.
November 1st to November 30th: 15% off on the purchase of any 2 or more sails, and 10% off on any single sail purchase.
Call now to take advantage of short lead times and the best prices of the year. Remember all of our Custom Sails are Made in the USA,
each sail is custom designed and built here at our loft in Newport
Beach! And we've been doing it like that since 1971! Because Your Sail Matters!
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