[Public-list] Pointing Up

[C.B. Currier]

Randy,

the key to the Alberg in pointing is the trim of your jib in combination
with the trim and position of your main. If your jib (we have a no.1 178%)
is trimmed almost all the way to the spreaders, and you have telltales
streaming straight off the back of the main then you are likely tirmmed
well. Check you helm to see the pull you have to windward. If little then
bring the traveller up some to center and trim in a little more. This
should make a bit of a difference.

However if you are still confounded and not racing then consider the size
of your jib and work towards longer tacks if possible. Also remember that
an A30 is at her best when the cove stripe is lapping at the edge of the
water.

We really dont get much better I believe than 50 degress off of the wind
by the way. However preformance is based more on good sailtrim than much
else.

I owned a Tempest at one time and we did well to tim in under 45 degrees
somthing I felt was akin to pointing into the wind. So this may be a
little loose on the Alberg but nothing seriously wrong.

-- 
C.B. Currier
A30 Ches. Bay Assn Rear-Commodore Racing
cbcurrier at spinrx.com
#57 Infinity
#458 Daybreak


Randy Weatherspoon said:
> I recently sailed  Marisel #385 from Miami to Panama City FL   Single
> handed-all went well but could not point up closer than 50 degrees
>
> I had redone the standing rigging a year ago and had not spent that much
> time out before this trip and perhaps the winds on Biscayne Bay were
> always going in the right direction---?
>
> I had taken the forestay off to install an anchor platform / bow sprit
> -- but had measured the stays and thought I had put them back as before
> -
> My chart plotter looks like an etch-a-sketch when I track my course -
> some of the locals suggest putting a rake of about 6" in the mast - top
> to bottom - not sure I have the stay length for that-
> ?maybe tension?
>  I will be coming back in a few months and will still be hurricane
> season and may need to come closer than 50 deg to get off the Gulf
> Any ideas would be a great help
> Thanks
> Randy #385
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