[quote=Prindle75]OK, as I read your notes, you might as well have been on my P16.
In strong winds (mid teens to low 20's) and hitting true wind at 90 degrees, my perception is that I should be getting more speed out of the boat. But, as you describe, I hit that wall. The rigging is humming but I'm not getting the forward motion proportional to the wind. The point where the harder I drive it, instead of reaching more speed, I push it closer to a wreck (usually pitchpole in my case).
Does the boat reach a point of equalibrium between the push of the wind and the drag of the leeward hull?
Thus the tell tales. My thought is if I can erad and understand them and trim the sails accordingly, I can get past that wall. It's an ongoing process.....always learning.
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