[J22-Fleet 1] Thursday evening sail tune practice

[Michael Bowers]

Hi folks,

I won't be able to make it down to the club tonight.  I know Whoa and
Bandit were planning to sail, so please carry on without me.

I'll even throw out a few things to try:

Jib halyard tension--lay on the bow while sailing close hauled and
watch the slot between the main and the jib while someone else tightens
and loosens the halyard (look all the way to the top of the jib).  I
like to have the slot as open as possible, but still maintain enough
luff tension on the jib to still point.  I'm happiest when there are
just little scallops showing up around the jib hanks.

Jib car track location--trim in to close hauled, then slowly head into
the wind.  The tell tales on the upper and lower half of the luff
should drop at the same time if the cars are in the right position.  If
the top tell tales drop first, move your cars forward.  We check this
before every start.

Main sail leech tell tale at top batten--I find with the MB-1 main that
I like to see that tell tale stalled about 40% of the time.  This seems
counter intuitive, but I feel like the boat is not powered up until
I've got enough leech tension to pull in the top batten.  I don't know
how this would work on other main sails.  The MB-1 is pretty unique in
this respect I think.  Once I've got the leech tension set, I adjust
the traveler to bring the boom to centerline.  Ofcourse, in absolute
dead conditions the weight of the boom is enough to keep the leech
tensioned and you hardly need any mainsheet.  In a blow you're just
using the main to suppliment and balance the jib and add only as much
power as the boat can handle, I don't worry about sail shape at that
point.

Have fun and don't be affraid to experiment.

Mike

--- Michael Bowers <msbowers_55431 at Yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since there are no races this week, 963 is going to take the
> opportunity to go out and test a new set of sails on Thursday
> evening,
> same time the races normally happen.
> 
> Any other boats are welcome to come join.  Just meet up with us at
> the
> club by 5:30pm and we'll figure out where to sail to (bay or main
> lake).
> 
> Mike
> 
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