[Rhodes22-list] Partial Mainsail

MichaelT mticse at gmail.com
Fri Jul 24 13:41:37 EDT 2009


My guess is the wind was approx 8-10 mph.
Speed was slow-moderate.

Michael


R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> We need more information. What was the wind speed? Chop? And how fast were  
> you going? (hull speed throught the water)
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/24/2009 12:48:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mticse at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> Went  out with the family on Sunday and wanted to play it safe.
> Drew the IMF  mainsail approx halfway on the boom (the letter R on the
> sail
> wasn't  showing).
> Wanted to keep things simple and used no jib. Centerboard was  down all
> the
> way.
> The boat stayed flat as a pancake which was the  desired effect. 
> My wife wants no heeling whatsoever. Problem I had was I  couldn't tack. 
> It even had a hard time getting into irons and just  couldn't cutover.
> The only way I could change direction was to spin 2/3's  around in a jibe.
> I didn't want to experiment and let out more sail so we  just enjoyed 
> sailing
> the next hour like this.
> Is this normal behaviour?  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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