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I believe that that particular technique of luffing the main is known as
a 'fisherman's reef' - at least up here in Canada. Use it all the
time on our narrow local waters; works very well.
<br>Jack
<p>George Dinwiddie wrote:
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<p>Gord,
<p>I've not used such a jib, but I've heard they work well. I'd suggest
<br>the first thing to do is to really flatten the main. If it's
old,
<br>you probably have too much draft in it. If you can't flatten
the
<br>main enough, let it luff a bit. The A30 sails amazingly well
with
<br>a big bubble in the luff of the main. This helps it stand up
when
<br>the main is too full for the winds.
<p> - George
<p>> Gord Laco said:
<br>>
<br>> Hello Gang -
<br>>
<br>> I'm a little depressed. Just got my ass kicked in our Club's
annual fall
<br>> series regatta... wind was 20-25 knots. Upwind, poor old Surprise
KC426
<br>> lacked the stiffness to carry enough sail to keep up with the
competition,
<br>> she just lay down and slid away to leeward. After we shortened sail
as far
<br>> as we could, she got left behind both due to lack of speed and inablility
to
<br>> point. My previous boat was a Danish built Folkboat whose
best feature was
<br>> her ability to carry sail in a blow while out pointing nearly anything
on
<br>> the water. I missed her on Saturday.
<br>>
<br>> Has anyone tried a tall narrow 100% jib racing in heavy air?
I'm thinking
<br>> that if I can make her point I could live with the loss of power
a smaller
<br>> sail would involve.
<br>>
<br>> Gord
<br>> KC426 Surprise
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