[Public-list] Maximum Roach in Mainsail
George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
Tue Dec 19 15:55:45 PST 2006
JohnI wrote:
> Gord is right - I got a lot of weather helm. The boat became very unpleasant
> to sail in gusty conditions, and I couldn't get the boat to balance decently
> until the second reef was in.
That could be due to too much draft (from a stretched sail) rather than
from too much roach. Our old main gave us lots of problems when the
wind picked up, because we couldn't flatten it enough.
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