More Sail trim : a second anthology of articles concerning efficiency in sailing by Madden Anne

Author:Madden, Anne
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Sailing, Sails
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Sail Books ; New York, NY : distributed to bookstores by Norton
Published: 1979-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

more pressure here

balance

Without blooper/shooter to balance, there is too much pressure on windward side, boat veers to port and gybes

To keep even pressure without shooter/blooper move pole forward and overtrim sail

Blooper/shooter combined with mainsail equalizes pressure

Figure 2: Control problems sailing downwind become serious if sail areas are not kept in balance on either side of boat

trimming the spinnaker. As soon as the boat starts to roll, starts to lose control, or the blooper collapses, he immediately starts winding the spinnaker in frantically. In doing so he brings the boat back into balance, gets the sails balanced over the boat, and the boat will then proceed again in a seamanlike manner in the right direction.

I have found in moderate surfing conditions it often pays to sail around 165-175 degrees apparent wind rather than sailing dead downwind. In doing so I can take advantage of the blooper and the surfing conditions. However, if conditions get really strong and you can surf at all times when you are running square, it definitely pays to run as close to 180 degrees as possible. When doing this, use a smaller spinnaker as well for this is a very dangerous time as far as control is concerned.

In a windy Newport race week series last year on Mareva, a Swan 39, we sailed a downwind leg with a full-sized flanker instead of using a maximum-sized triradial spinnaker. Though the flanker had less area and reduced shoulders, we were able to sail straight to the leeward mark on the square run, whereas all the other boats with larger spinnakers went running way out to one side of the course, and then gybed and came back in again. Because everyone was sailing at maximum hull speed we got to the leeward mark a considerable distance ahead of all of those other boats. So the golden rule for running square in heavy conditions is concentration, and keep the boat under the sails.

Gybing is always a very touchy issue in strong wind conditions. I tend to be extremely cautious when I gybe a modern boat for I know a large amount of

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