[quote=erice]and don't forget probably the biggest sin when tacking beach cats
don't try to tack 180 degrees from a beam reach!
there just isn't enough momentum to force those 2 big hulls sideways through the water more than 90degrees against the wind
so if sailing along the beach and wanting to tack around and sail back along the beach the other way you'll need to finish your beam reach by sailing up into wind for a few boat lengths
pull in all the sails and traveller, and THEN from that hard to wind course, tack the 45degrees across the eye of the wind
when the wind is on the other side of the sails and you are moving forward, fall off to your new course
was out on my 5.2 today, well forward on the trapeze and humming along nicely on a beam reach at 14knots with the leeward bow about 3/4 down, when a little extra wind pushed the bow below the surface
eeekkk! so i scurried back along the hull until 1 foot was behind the rear beam and the bow gently rose and we trucked on with a gps high of 15knots
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a hobie16 would have spat me off for that
which is why we nacra boys love out boats so
but those 2 long balsa wood logs can be a little harder to turn than the 2 little bananas on a h16<!-- editby --><em>Edited by erice on Jul 06, 2011 - 01:13 AM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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