Phill,
<br>1. I was out Saturday in the front end of a tropical wave,...so the wind was 20+ gusts.
<br>2. I have to travel down starting about 12-14........that day I was 10-12 inches off of center,......I mainsheeted tight,....notice the top flutter a little, so I sheeted harder to get rid of it
<br>3. By this time downhaul is 100%,...
<br>4. I was training with a I-20,..I made them promise to leave the spinn ashore!
<br>5. THEN I RELEASE 3 inches on the OUTHAUL,....boat settled like it never did before,....it would lift up in a gust and stay right there! (...before this adjustment I would be 5 feet off the water and rounding up to keep it together!)
<br>This was exactly what I was looking for,...now I need to regain the 20% lost speed,...suggestions?
<br>Bruce
<br>St. Croix
<br>ps. Tom on his I-20 was 'wild thinging' like a pro....said it was good to sail downwind without the chute, for practice.....he would totally wipe me out ...ha!<br><br>