[J22-Fleet 1] Thursday evening sail tune practice

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1071 needs the practice and will be out there.

-Dan

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From: Michael Bowers <msbowers_55431 at yahoo.com>
> 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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