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#208618 04/16/10 08:25 AM 04/16/10 08:25 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | When sailing downwind with your spinnaker and your bow stuffs hard, like up to crossbeam, presuming your crew is locked in on the wire... what should be done with the spinnaker... should it be blown to reduce momentum? OR held tight to hopefully lift the bows? OR is it too late to do anything and just cross your fingers? We've tried the first two and found about the same success rate but i'm leaning towards the idea of staying trimmed in... any other methods? How about trimming the spinnaker in to reduce flow but still keep generating lift? Drive better.
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#208629 04/16/10 08:46 AM 04/16/10 08:46 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | I have to agree with Karl that easing the traveler would make it worse.
On an N20, you'd be wrong.
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Ding will you please go back to spanking the punk's butt so we don't have to listen to him. Quit cutting the Jr. team slack.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#208634 04/16/10 08:56 AM 04/16/10 08:56 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Well we rolled your butt at Steeplechase while stuffing very frequently.
Oh the shame of it all getting rolled by the Todd's on the same day how will I get on with my life. Refresh my memory, where did you guys end up that weekend? And don't be a little bitch and whine about the redress.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#208636 04/16/10 08:58 AM 04/16/10 08:58 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | I told you all ready, I don't pick on you anymore and I'm truly offended that you lump me into the same category as "The Punk". It's not my fault his mom named him after me, then he fell horribly short of that benchmark. I think I deserve an apology from you and his parents.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#208637 04/16/10 09:09 AM 04/16/10 09:09 AM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | that boat was going over no matter what. when someone is in front of the forestay the game is over and if you are the one still at the back of the boat pick your exit strategy. Unless clipped into a chicken line I would think it would be pretty impossible to trim in the spin when you stuff it because all your effort is in not flying forward when the boat slows down so much and by trimming the spin in you will be pulling yourself further forward. Timbo- on a blade when you stuff you are toast- especially if you are solo and can't drop the trav- very unlikely to come back from that. The N20 is more forgiving and when you stuff you can save it especially if you've got a fat bastard at the back of the boat.
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Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine | you can save it especially if you've got a fat bastard at the back of the boat. Really dude. I read these forums you know. You can refer to me by name at least | | | Re: What do you do when your bow stuffs?
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | We've stiffed the F18, so hard that I flew around the forestay, landed on the leeward hull, unclipped from the trap, scooted across the tramp, re-clipped in, sheeted in, and kept going... now, that is impressive... however, one would think, even still, that that was much more luck than skill | | | Re: What do you do when your bow stuffs?
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#208645 04/16/10 09:14 AM 04/16/10 09:14 AM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | you can save it especially if you've got a fat bastard at the back of the boat. Really dude. I read these forums you know. You can refer to me by name at least well, now, what if I have my very OWN fat bastard! | | | Re: What do you do when your bow stuffs?
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#208647 04/16/10 09:15 AM 04/16/10 09:15 AM |
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Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine | We've stiffed the F18, so hard that I flew around the forestay, landed on the leeward hull, unclipped from the trap, scooted across the tramp, re-clipped in, sheeted in, and kept going... now, that is impressive... however, one would think, even still, that that was much more luck than skill I donno man Have you seen Mike's moustasche? Thats skill embodiment right there. | | | Re: What do you do when your bow stuffs?
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#208649 04/16/10 09:17 AM 04/16/10 09:17 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | We've stiffed the F18, so hard that I flew around the forestay, landed on the leeward hull, unclipped from the trap, scooted across the tramp, re-clipped in, sheeted in, and kept going... Chris Ford did that on my P-19, acted as if it was S.O.P. and kept on trimming. He's the man.Your alright too, Mike.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | you can save it especially if you've got a fat bastard at the back of the boat. Really dude. I read these forums you know. You can refer to me by name at least well, now, what if I have my very OWN fat bastard! And your's ACTUALLY Sails.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#208654 04/16/10 09:21 AM 04/16/10 09:21 AM |
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | I told you all ready, I don't pick on you anymore and I'm truly offended that you lump me into the same category as "The Punk". It's not my fault his mom named him after me, then he fell horribly short of that benchmark. I think I deserve an apology from you and his parents. You know Todd when you're right you're right, I was out of line you are in a class all by yourself.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Thanks Ding, your a class act.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | I've gotta get a job. I just looked at my post count.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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