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| Racing upwind #148567 07/05/08 03:32 PM 07/05/08 03:32 PM |
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Posts: 25 | It is common knowledge that cats are fastest on a reach. Because of this, I would imagine that bearing off slightly is best when going for the first mark. My question is, how far should I bear off? Does this depend on wind conditions? I'm frustrated because I can never seem to find the balance between speed and upwind progress that would allow me to win the beat. By the way, I'm sailing a Hobie 14 Turbo. I've also posted this over on the Hobie forums; I'm trying to get some advice for tomorrow's race in a timely manner.
Thanks Jon
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#148568 07/05/08 07:40 PM 07/05/08 07:40 PM |
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... hobie1616
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | If you're reaching you'll never get to the weather mark. Learn to read your telltales. Get jib in tight and head up until the telltales are streaming straight back on both sides of the sail.
Trim the main sheet in until the leech telltales start to pull around to the lee side. Slack off until they stream straight back.
Once you figure all this out you can start S coursing. Watch the jib telltales. Push the rudders over slowly so the windward telltale moves up to 45 degrees. Back off and bring it back to horizontal. Keep doing that slowly and you'll work yourself up to the weather mark faster.
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#148570 07/05/08 09:58 PM 07/05/08 09:58 PM |
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... hobie1616
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | You need to strike a balance between speed and position. Have you practiced at all with the Turbo? You might be better served to either get some tiller time in to determine what the boat will do or look at the upcoming regatta as development time.
I ran a regatta years ago that had one 14 who apparently felt bearing off was the way to go. He got one race in while the rest of the classes sailed four. US Sail Level 2 Instructor US Sail Level 3 Coach | | | Re: Racing upwind
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#148572 07/05/08 10:59 PM 07/05/08 10:59 PM |
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... hobie1616
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | I had two 16's over the years but now sail a 20. In most conditions beating to weather I two blocked both the main and the jib and set the direction off the jib telltales. I S coursed by moving the windward telltale to 45 degrees and back to horizontal.
The only time I'd ever bear off going to weather was in light air. I'd also slack off both sails a couple of inches so they'd stay full.
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