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Capt. Mooron
 
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Default Never run downwind?

Yes....

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| 'Always' has such a sense of finality to it doncha think?
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| Cheers MC
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| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| It certainly is faster... but it's not always quicker.
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| CM
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| "Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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| | There's an article on sailnet (
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http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...2%20%20&tfr=fp
| | or http://tinyurl.com/h9z6 ) which claims it's faster to tack downwind
on
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get
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| | downwind.) Have those of you who sail found this to be true? Let's
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| | there's no spinnaker since I don't have one.
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| | S/V Cat's Meow
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http://www.catsmeow.org
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