[quote=erice]for best sail performance/boat performance you want all tell-tales streaming cleanly aft on both sides of the sails and top and bottom of the sails
mainsail on a cat - use the traveller to get both bottom sides streaming cleanly and use the main sheet to get the top tell tales flowing well (correct twist off)
the jib is a little more complicated to put into only a few words because of the range of jib block fixing options, (no adjustment at all to 4 way adjustment)
today i came downwind:o) screaming up behind 2 noobs on a h16, they couldn't work out why i was closing so quickly
as we got within hailing range i yelled out that they should let their traveller out (it was locked in center)
they did, only halfway, but they started pulling away from me
obviously my traveller was too far out so i pulled it back halfway and started closing on them again
the point being that speed depends on many things not just point of sail. even the tell-tales can be telling lies as when you have the jib pulled in too far and are also pinching all the jib tell-tales will usually flow well and the air being fed by the jib past the back of the main can make those tell tales flow even though the main is not in the best position to produce best power/speed
the best way is to try and follow people who have the same boat as you and seem to sail faster
watch what they do and try to copy, if you are not sure what they are doing, ask <!-- editby --><em>edited by: erice, Aug 06, 2009 - 03:29 AM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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