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Tame Your Mainsail
On most boats you have
five controls to properly shape and control your
mainsail; the mainsheet, traveler, outhaul,
cunningham, and mast bend. For this article we are
looking at a typical masthead rig with overlapping
headsails. In trimming the main you need to
be well aware of what effect changes in trim will
have on performance. A flatter sail will cause
less heeling and have less drag which means more
speed in conditions where you are over powered,
making the sail fuller will produce more power
when need. A tighter leech will improve pointing
(up to the point where the sail is stalled) while
a more open leech will improve acceleration and
speed. A fuller sail will inherently be tighter
leeched than a flat sail which will help pointing.
In medium
air, usually 7 to 10 knots of wind where you
aren't overpowered, the sail should take its
natural shape without much
adjustment.
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Choose the Right Cruising
Fabric
There are four main
considerations when choosing the right fabric for
you next sail: size, durability, performance, and
of course price. The importance of each one of
these will vary depending on the type of sailing
you do. The choice of fabrics fall into three main
categories; Dacron, cruising laminates, and woven
Dyneema or Spectra.
Dacron
cross cut sails continue to be by far the best
value when looking at price and durability. In
general use a Dacron sail will last from 10 to 20
years; we have seen many Dacron sails that have
sailed over 50,000 miles.
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Congratulations to Recent
Winners
Border
Run
Long
Course
Insane
Asylum 1st XS Racing Light Scott
Klodowski
Alpha
Papa 1st PHRF B
Gordon Leon
Short
Course
Cat
Attack 1st XS Racing
Light A Randy
Reynolds
Reliance 1st
PHRF B Bill
McKeever
Michegaas 3rd
PHRF C-s Greenblatt/Mack
No
Rationing 1st PHRF D
Pattison/Brown
Toy
Box 2nd
PHRF D Dave Vieregg
Dani
Girl 3rd PHRF D
Matt Campbell
Dani
Girl 1st Cal 40
Matt
Campbell
Misty 1st
PHRF E Gus Kindweiler
(partial)
1421 1st
Mono XS SailTime S.K.
Leong
Yemaya 1st
Mono XS Tom Schock
American Jane 2nd
Mono XS Russ Turk
Sugar
Lips 1st Cruz
non-spin Jim Treydte
Daydream 1st
Cruz D Spin Stewart
Wright Overall Cat Attack 1st
Overall XS Racing Randy
Reynolds
Yemaya 1st
Overall Mono XS Tom Schock
American
Jane 2nd Overall Mono XS Russ
Turk
1421 3rd
Overall Mono XS S.K.
Leong
Daydream 2nd
Overall Cruz PHRF Stewart Wright
Sugar
Lips 3rd Overall Cruz
PHRF Jim Treydte
Ensenada
Race
Wiwo Ole
II 1st PHRF G
Wiwo Ole
II 1st Double Handed Dan
Hodge
Ragtime 1st
Overall IRC Chris
Welsh
Ragtime 3rd
MAXI Chris
Welsh
Flaca 2nd
PHRF A Paul Casanova (partial)
Problem
Child 3rd PHRF B Dan Rossen
(partial)
Rasa 1st
PHRF E Ken Ziegler
(partial)
Calibreeze 3rd
Cruz NA Larry Rizzo
(partial)
Dana Point
Series- E/P Sails lead 4 Classes
after 6 races
Martela, Viggo
Torbensen 1st Class
A, 3rd OA (partial)
No
Rationing, Brown/Pattison 1st Class B, 1st OA
Sedona, Bruce
Lotz 2nd
Class B, 4th OA
Orrski,
Mark
Downey 1st
Class C, (partial) Sea
Wings, Taylor/Patty 1st
Non-Spinn |
Elliott/Pattison
Sailmakers 949
645-6697
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