close-hauled course

hey all!
got a serious problem with my int 14 after the regatta last weekend. we developed an incredible boatspeed and are now one of the fastest boats! but the problem is we can´t go as high as the other 14s on close-hauld course. it´s not only a little bit it´s an enourmous bit! we have to overtake all the boats leeward. any suggestions of maybe changing the forestay or the rig tension? please help is really needed! thanks all in advance!
fiona

is the incresed speed a result of not pointing as high, remember its one or the other

Originally posted by Spot192 hey all! got a serious problem with my int 14 after the regatta last weekend. we developed an incredible boatspeed and are now one of the fastest boats! but the problem is we can´t go as high as the other 14s on close-hauld

You can always point higher by slowing down:-)

Its both the best and the worst thing about a development class that each boat will have its own ideal settings for best performance. Some folk will get their best speed by going high and slower, some by going lower but faster.

Adds a lot more interest and means that there's a lot more variety in the racing and tactics, but also means that unless Fred National Champion has exactly the same boat rig and sails as you and weights exactly the same then taking the settings of his/her boat won't mean that you will go faster, and its much more down to you to work out what's fast for you and your boat.

If you've got a modern rig then a lot of kicker to power up the mid leech, followed by a lot of downhaul to blade off the top so you're not overpowered can help pointing.

What did you change to make the boat so much faster?

I don't know I14s, but in other classes I'd try more rig tension (reduce jib sag) and more kicker tension (close the main leech).

When you say "from my point of view we are as high as possible" what exactly do you mean?