[Alberg30] Ballast

[George Dinwiddie]

Gord,

How old is your main?  We had similar problems before we got a new one.
There was just too much draft and I couldn't depower it enough, even
when carrying a large "bubble" in the luff.  A new main (with a
cunningham) made all the difference in the world.  I've never used
the second reef, which I had put in just a couple years ago.

 - George

> Gord Laco said:
> 
> The Folkboat was also tender for the first 10-15 degrees, but she then =
> "stuck", and with a double reefed main and "blade" jib would go like =
> hell without further sail reduction even in 30kt+ winds and the sort of =
> waves you'd expect. (I get nostalgic, but should remind myself that in =
> those conditions she'd be going under every second wave, the cabin ports =
> would be leaking, water would be pouring into the bunks through the mast =
> collar, etc)  The Alberg, on the other hand, doesn't stick until she =
> gets to about 20-22 degrees of heel, and that in less than 20 knts of =
> wind, and at that point the leeway is becoming heartbreaking.   So;  I =
> am looking at flatter sails... a deeper second reef, and monkeeing with =
> the ballast....

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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
  The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in
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