[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=MN3]
upwind - for maximum speed on my boat - I set my jib (all 6 of my tell-tales happy), center my travler and sheet the main.
Close hauled, the only reason i travel out is to or reduce healing and prevent a capsize in heavy air.[/quote]
I don't think anyone is arguing that you would play the main traveler if your goal is to sail as high as the wind will allow, regardless of destination. But that's generally recreational sailing, in a race you have a goal (mark or tacking point) that you are aiming at and so you might adjust a traveler to keep the sail in trim while keeping the boat pointed toward your goal.
Also an issue with playing the traveler on "traditional" beachcats is that they just aren't setup for quick adjustments to the traveler.
The discussion about where to set the traveler should be focused on off-the-wind headings. My observation is that most folks let off way too much traveler when heading "downwind", and by downwind I mean 90 degrees to apparent wind, which is the deepest most non-spin beachcats should be sailing anyway.
If we are talking the new model high-tech beachcats, like the F18's with there infinitely tunable bendy masts, those cats actually play the downhaul to power and depower the main rather than mainsheet or traveler.[/quote]
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