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Sonar

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Topic: Sonar

Posted By: Riv
Subject: Sonar
Date Posted: 24 Apr 16 at 10:00pm

I'm going to be racing a Sonar this summer.

Normally I'm in a Laser or on a board, so what is a good angle of heel to sail a Sonar at? I'm sure that someone will say as flat as possible, but we are a light crew so what's a good trade off between using the righting of the keel and slowing it down with too much heel?

I can check heel with an app on my phone that is well damped.

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Posted By: Riv
Date Posted: 24 Jul 17 at 9:13pm

Solved the problem anyway, choose the angle, about 10deg and sail the boat to the telltales. Works ok

Posted By: marwen
Date Posted: 06 Jun 20 at 7:56am

Great!