[Public-list] [Racing-list] lazy guys

[J Bergquist]

CB-

Yeah, I thought of twings, which is pretty standard practice for
dinghies as I said before.

The thing is I think the guy load is too high to use a twing to bring
the guy down. ALso, if you forget to pull it on during the gybe, good
luck getting it on after the guy is loaded. Maybe you are strong
enough to do that when it's breeze on, but I doubt that I am.

If there are people out there who are doing this, please say so. I
would love to hear how that works.

No, my thought was that lazy guys would be better than twings, with
the sheets led to cabintop winches to keep the trimmer out of the way
and allow flying the kite through the gybe using the sheets on the
winches. Also, all you really have to do to set this up is add one
block and some line

But twings for the sheets would be good to stabilize the leech. And
the twing load on the sheet would be much smaller than trying to twing
the guy down. So you could use smaller blocks, smaller line, etc.

It's good to keep each other on our toes. I'll be doing my doggonedest
to return the favor, chief.

Later,

J

On 5/1/07, C.B. Currier <cbcurrier at spinrx.com> wrote:
> Touche!
>
> Just keeping you on your toes baby!
>
> OH and I checked around about the second set of sheets for the spinnaker
> and just as gord said the extra set would be just a little too much. and I
> have to say any more than 2 people in the cockpit gets crowded on hte
> spinnaker run. with all of the extra lines it would be come a mess in my
> opinion.
>
> Why not look at twings?
>
> That would have helped with the control situation in the jibes.
>
> I think a couple of boats have them.
>
> --
> C.B. Currier
>
>
> J Bergquist wrote:
> > Yo CB,
> >
> > We never actually broached. And my crew were definitely not lazy! But
> > I did watch several other boats broach. And it was during race 3, not
> > race 4 that I noticed this.
> >
> > On my boat, during that race, our downwind sail handling was great.
> > There were other reasons why we didn't come out on top.
> >
> > Don't worry hoss your time will come. You're not always gonna be able
> > to grind me down from behind like you did last weekend. I may not be
> > fast enough to stay in front of you (for now), but I whipped you
> > consistently on the starting line. So just wait till I get the
> > boatspeed up and you'll be wishing for the days when I was low and
> > slow.
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Now it's me who's having fun. Gotta love a little smacktalk.
> >
> > J
> >
> > On 5/1/07, C.B. Currier <cbcurrier at spinrx.com> wrote:
> >> considering that last race description ... sounds like that is what you
> >> had on the boat !
> >>
> >> :}
> >>
> >> Havng fun!
> >>
> >>
> >> Probably too many lines for the kind of crew we normally find for alberg
> >> 30s
> >> GO for it ... if it works we'll all copy you.
> >>
> >> --
> >> C.B. Currier
> >>
> >>
> >> J Bergquist wrote:
> >> > Does anybody use lazy guys for spinnaker handling? I am thinking of
> >> > going to lazy guys...
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > J Bergquist
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