[alberg30] Tacking Angles

[George Dinwiddie]

From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at min.net>

Tom,

I've not measured (and I'm not sure I'm a good enough sailor
to make a good measurement of the boat's ability) but I think
the tacking angle should be close to 90 degrees, certainly
not more than 100.  The easiest way to lose tacking angle is
to have the shrouds too loose, letting the mast sag off to
leeward.  I'll let better sailors give you better advice, though.

 - George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>
> 
> Beating down Delaware Bay one night last August into a 
> vaguely 20 knot wind,
> I was disappointed with tacking angles of about 120 degrees- 
> i.e., one one
> tack we would be heading 180 degrees on the compass, after 
> tacking the new
> course would be about 60 degrees. 
> 
> I think we had one reef and the genoa furled to about 90%, so 
> surely that
> was not optimal. Also I'm sure there is lots of room for 
> improvement on my
> boat: needs a new main, rigging could be tighter, needs wind 
> instruments,
> etc.
> 
> Still I would like to hear from you all about what your 
> experiences are- how
> close winded are our boats, both in moderate conditions (full main and
> genoa) and reefed down.

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