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[quote=sundog]Hi everybody, Ive been sailing monohulls all my life, am switching to an old prindle 18 Ive fixed up. Im interested in getting the hull up in the air. I understand I can control the heel of the boat with the sheet and rudder, but questune is this...if I want to drop the windward hull a bit (say I have the hull in the air, and its going a bit to far), is it better to control the heel with the sheet (let it out slightly) or the rudder? And if I use the rudder, do I turn the boat upwind to spill wind, or downwind to stall the sail? It seems turning the boat upwind causes the boat to heel for a moment due to centrifugal force, but turning downwind will stall the sail but also expose more 'flat' for the wind to push over. I wanna do this...I can right the boat, no issues...just want to be able to 'work' the wind and boat to keep the hull in the air the longest. thanks![/quote]

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