DSK wrote:
Navigator wrote:

It may 'depower', but it would do so at the expense of efficiency by
closing the leech.


Or, on the other hand, it may not close the leach.

All sails are not cut the same, all rigs do not respond the same.

... The best way to bend the mast is with backstay

tension.


Depends on the rig.

This will flatten the sail without closing the leech. To depower you
really need the leech to open and use a Cunningham to help flatten.


The cunningham does nothing to flatten the sail. The cunningham pulls
draft forward.

Once again your advice is a worthless mish-mash of overgeneralization &
misinformation. It's kind of like insisting that you were in Boston, and
know all about it, when you were actually in Baltimore.


Well of course your must me right Doug 'cos Melges and poor old Nav
know nothing:

Melges:

Cunningham: Remove all horizontal wrinkles, in the heavier puffs pull
very hard to bend the mast which will flatten the sail and twist open
the top batten


Back to school for you Doug. Bwhahahhahahahah

Cheers