vernon kleist
Member I
Hi Sailors,
We are new owners of a 1984 30+. We are starting to do some club racing (we are newbies) with the boat and I would like some tips for setting the jib sheet leads.
This boat has tracks on the rail and inners next to the house. At the start it seems that pointing is all important. On the few times I have sailed the boat I find that setting the lead on the outer rail gives me more speed and less heeling in any kind of a breeze. I started sailing it with the sheet lead inboard but soon moved it out after running into a lot of heel. It did seem to point higher though.
With our sail, a 135, high-cut sail on a furler, which position would likely be best for the windward leg? The jib and main are older cruising sails, pretty baggy so everything is a compromise. We just want to do as well as we can while learning the boat and saving our pennies for new sails.
Thanks,
Vern
ViaMar
We are new owners of a 1984 30+. We are starting to do some club racing (we are newbies) with the boat and I would like some tips for setting the jib sheet leads.
This boat has tracks on the rail and inners next to the house. At the start it seems that pointing is all important. On the few times I have sailed the boat I find that setting the lead on the outer rail gives me more speed and less heeling in any kind of a breeze. I started sailing it with the sheet lead inboard but soon moved it out after running into a lot of heel. It did seem to point higher though.
With our sail, a 135, high-cut sail on a furler, which position would likely be best for the windward leg? The jib and main are older cruising sails, pretty baggy so everything is a compromise. We just want to do as well as we can while learning the boat and saving our pennies for new sails.
Thanks,
Vern
ViaMar