Originally Posted by JeffS
Originally Posted by waterbug_wpb
After the last regatta, it is evident I'm running too hot on the spin angles.
They said I need to ease the spinnaker halyard about 12" too when running deeper (perhaps to reduce luff curl/collapse)? I thought you did that when you wanted to sail higher...

If I want to soak down wind or in really light air, I would ease the halyard a bit but probably 6 inches at the most, it let my pretty flat spin bag up a bit


You might be trading off a slightly fuller spinnaker for rotating the leading edge further to the side of the boat. If the luff rotates further to leeward, it gets even less air as you try to run deeper. We usually ease the tack a little (3-4 inches) when we're trying to run really high so we can rotate the sail around to leeward slightly.

Jake Kohl