[Alberg30] Going faster

[George Dinwiddie]

Bill,

The fleet can attest that I'm not the person to impart secrets on
going fast, but that's never stopped me from making comments.

If you're not pointing well, that will lose you a lot of ground.
Pinching, and losing power, will lose you more.  Practice getting
the boat to move well and then work on pointing.  The sails may
limit your angle to the wind.

Check your shrouds and make sure the mast is centered and not
sagging off on the tacks.

You don't say what kind of wind conditions you had.  My basic
rule of thumb is to loosen everything, including halyards, in
light air and tighten it up in heavier.

If you've got crew, you want it midships on the weather rail.
Unless, of course, the wind is real light and then you want
half of it midships on the lee rail and half of it back on
shore.

Best advice I have: come up to Annapolis for the Canadian Weekend
(Sept. 14-15, see http://www.alberg30.org/Assoc/schedule2002.html)
and crew on another Alberg.  It's a great learning experience and
the weekend's a lot of fun, too.

 - George


> Bill Blevins said:
> 
> It'll be rare that we can race with the A30 group due to our location, so
> any advice at all on going faster (other than new sails) would be
> appreciated. We are getting our butts kicked even though our crew is pretty
> solid and relatively mistake free so far.
> 
> Advice on anything is appreciated. We've filled the tanks, drained the
> tanks, half-filled the tanks, moved the crew aft and forward, raced with 6,
> 5, 4, then 3, took all but the essentials out of the boat, put it all back,
> experimented with various trims for each sail. We are racing at speeds
> slower than a fractional 28' Pearson Triton which rates nearly 270. (We even
> put the cooler in the bow anchor locker one race!)
> 
> We can't point with them, and when we can, everyone just moves on right
> under us. We have gotten great starts 6 out of 7 races and then watched from
> behind after that.
> 
> Our new sails aren't coming until the late fall so any other advice at all
> from successful racers are appreciated.

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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
  The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in
  sailing.                                    http://www.Alberg30.org/
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