help

hey guys. i was sailing last weekend and i encountered on a few problems. i was wondering if you all could help me. when i was racing the wind was measured at a force 7 so.... going down wind i was only 2 sailing my scorpion and the bow was wanting to bury in all the gusts. my weight was as far back as it could possibly be. what eles could i have done?

agreed!

hit your crew and blame them

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by jeffers Depends.....if your crew is the size of me that dont always work...... that's why rooster sell a bullet proof carbon tiller extension- you ain't gonna lose a fight blugeoning someone with one of them!

I beg to differ, In a scorp, fireball and other symetrically rigged boats the crews have a spinaker pole to retaliate with.

We used to have that problem in the fireball. Not sure if it will work so well in the scorp, bt try chucking the kite up and going on two broad reaches. Obviously the scorp dosent have trapeze, but when its blowing, my crew raises himself as high as possible on the wire and i steer to keep him out there, tryin to as low as possible, the rough angle to gybe at was when i saw the leward mark appear behind the main. It also reduces the risk of death rolling. This only seems to work when its really blowing, as we can sail lower and we gain by not buring ourselves in the waves. Hope thats of some use.