Hey guys, thanks for some good posts.
Two questions:
Scooby, you mentioned using max mast rotation for light wind (0-1 trapping) - I assume you meant max mast rotation for upwind setting? I guess that varies somewhat by boat design Where is it most commonly, the shrouds or front of daggerboard well?
Regarding reading main telltales, I assume that the advice given is only for sloop rigged boats? On my unirig H17 I use the upper and lower telltales on the draft of the sail (lower to set traveller and upper to set mainsheet) and haven't found the leech telltales all that useful (of course there's always the distinct possibility that I have no idea what I'm doing...). I also steer using the forward telltales in windshifts. So is it that with a jib, the main is always headed and as a result the forward telltales are irrelevant? Can you use just the leech telltales with a unirig, and if so how are they used? Using leech telltales with either unirig or sloop, how are you using them to independently trim traveller and mainsheet as is possible using upper vs lower forward telltales?
Jerry