Boat Bimbling Lark.

Tend to use outhaul a lot though. On off switch upwind/downwind and depending on  wave direction on a lumpy beat.

Edited by Sussex Lad - 21 Mar 20 at 5:39pm

Originally posted by fab100 Originally posted by davidyacht Originally posted by fab100 Yup, what 423zero says. Outhaul on boom, downhaul to helm. The former is more of an on-off switch for up/downwind, the latter a more variable adjustment Though I suspect that you did them all  Correct. My favourite was the rig tension calibration written on tape on the board case which went, IIR nearly 40 years later; Firefly ~ F*ck-all ~ Not-enough ~ More ~ Don't-tell-Paul ~ Don't-tell-Parkers Note homage to Fireflies that everyone sailed with less than f*ck-all rig-tension

With my Fireflies, you used as much kicker/mainsheet tension as you could.
The shrouds had to be slack, otherwise the mast wouldn't rotate..
The advantage of that setup was that you had a jib luff tensioner - upwind you let off the luff tension, pulled the mainsheet block to block (transom sheeting), the mast raked back and the boat went well upwind.
Reaching and downwind, add jib luff tension, the rig moved forward.
The outhaul wasn't adjusted much, but the luff tension/Cunningham was used.

Guess it all changed with fixed masts!
Colin

On our Larks we always had kicker, cunningham and outhaul led back. Bridle was adjustable between races (dyneema strop). Mast rake was set before you go out but jib tension was also adjustable on the water. 
Now on the Albacore almost everything is adjustable whilst racing and there's too much "head in boat" and forgetting to reset a control after a downwind leg. Life was easier with the KISS approach!

was the Lark one of those classes where there was a slot for the centreboard bolt to be moved fore/aft or am I thinking about N12's?