Phill said ":I ease the traveller a little to make the boat drive . (Otherwise it points great but goes slow.) "
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<br>See the reason for Phill's claim of letting the traveller out a bit.
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<br>go to :
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<br>http://www.geocities.com/kustzeilen/sailvectors.html
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<br>And look at the two graphs at the bottom of the page.
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<br>you'll see that given equal angles of attack the boat on 30 degrees has about the same heeling forces as the 45 degree boat but it's thrust (drive) is only about 60 % of the boat on 45 degrees to the winddirection. So pointing to depower can easily be a bad move. Reducing the angle of attack by letting the traveller out a bit could be better.
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<br>I hope this clarifies things a bit more.
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<br>Wouter
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