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Lucy Lee
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Topic: Increasing mast rake in stronger winds Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 4:34pm |
Did anyone else notice that this thread is mentioned in 'Roll Tacks' this week as a cheap alternative to paying for an RYA coach ?
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Harry44981!
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 4:39pm |
well there is at least 2 coaches i that are on the forum, and lots of other good sailors.
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Barty
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 7:44am |
Make that at least 3 !
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sailor girl
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 4:48pm |
Who are they?
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Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum!
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Harry44981!
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 5:00pm |
Garry and Jon Emmett- i hope they don't mind me saying. Edited by Harry44981! |
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Garry
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 5:01pm |
Jon Emmett is one
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Garry
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fantasia
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 6:07pm |
I agree that raking the rig does most of the right things in a breeze. The difficulty I have is to find the optimum upright position for light breezes. I find that the recommended upright position for my class (Wayfarer) tends to cause the slot to be too closed and easing the jib and main causes lack of pointing ability. Therefore I usually sail with the rig raked all the time. Any ideas? John H W7628 |
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redback
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 6:21pm |
I reckon in the really light stuff its best to rake it back a bit. Only in light to medium strength should you use the most upright setting and even then I'd expect there to be about 20 inches of rake between the masthead and the gooseneck. And let's face it you shouldn't worry about it being too raked for off-wind work since most of your drive will be coming from the kite. If I was sailing a National 12 I'd be more fussy. I'd be inclined to have a means of loosening the leeward shroud though so that the boom can go out further. I must point out that I'm not a Wayfarer sailor though but I'm a firm believer in doing what the good guys do until you can do it better. Or to put it another way (and I've seen plenty try this) a poor sailor is not suddenly going to beat the top guys by doing something different. |
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Garry
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 6:39pm |
I'm not a coach - only an instructor although I have been doing it for a long time both Full time and, for the last 20 years part time(maybe SI this year).
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