| Re: WAVE tuning to race
[Re: RickWhite]
#266925 11/12/13 10:49 AM 11/12/13 10:49 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 778 Houston carlbohannon
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old hand
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Posts: 778 Houston | Same good advice you gave me. I will add:
There is a lot of variation in Wave standing rigging, if the sail jams the tiller cross bar, you have probably raked the mast back too far.
Last edited by carlbohannon; 11/12/13 10:50 AM.
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[Re: 94Blue]
#267066 11/18/13 02:51 PM 11/18/13 02:51 PM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | Sides stays are pretty loose, as on reaches and downwinds the sail can keep shape as the loose rig gives to accomodate the sailshape.
I have been double blocking my main, but I am very aft raked.., besides the 10 hole, I also have the spreader wire attached by shackles. Eliminated side stay adjusters and just us shacles.
With stock Hobie sails you cannot sheet very tight. With after market you can sheet a lot tighter and not loose speed. Calvert sails seem to be able to point a little better than most after market sails.
Downwind head for the mark, but look back for puffs to get into. Tacking downwind rarely pays. That is why official Wave course try to all but eliminate the downwind leg -- boring! Rick | | |
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