Ive noticed some folks trap out with spin up during bouy racing.
What does the rest of the F16 class do around the world? I have learned with the little racing I have done, that trapping out with spin up is just a big pain in the butt for bouy racing. Sometimes the course is to short to go through the trouble.
Also while chatting with Bob Cury, he said if you trap out you have to heat up too much in order to build aparent wind making you sail a higher course. Makes total sense to me.
What do you all think, do or practice?
Not quite F16 but it might be a help - as a rough rule of thumb, on the Tiger when we are 2 stringing up wind, we put the crew on the wire downwind. 1 on the wire upwind has the crew on the windward deck off breeze and on the tramp up wind = crew to leeward with the spi.
Note: This is *very* rough. You need to take into account the sea conditions, wind, other boats and where the next mark is.
Tiger Mike
