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

[C.B. Currier]

Well on infinity this past weekend my sister trimmed the guy/pole as I
call it. Generally It did not load up as we used technique to keep it
relatively soft for the fordeck to set the pole. Then used a winch handle
to move the pole forward and aft. THe Spinnaker trimmer also used a
secondary winch to trim the chute. When that loads up we put a grinder on
the winch to support him/her and the same on the guy.

I suppose this all depends on technique but if you have secondary winches
then half of your problem is solved.

Good luck, and as I said before you are welcome to drop by Infinity over
at EYC to take a look at how she is rigged up.

Looks like I will be helping Andrew Sunday Morning/Afternoon with his
motor & will be around fo a while. (also may go for a sail.)


-- 
C.B. Currier



J Bergquist wrote:
> 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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