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Wally
 
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Default Racing Question #29

Bart Senior wrote:
How do you want to set your spinnaker pole
in heavy breezes to depower the sail and gain
more control? [1 pt]


I'll attempt a better answer...

Setting the pole low will tend to flatten it from top to bottom.This will
reduce the airflow over the top and diminish the drive - stall the sail.

It also strikes me that, when running or on a broad reach, the pole could be
set forward (obtuse angle between wind direction and pole), so that more of
its area is in the shadow of the main.


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