Ahhhh... I new I missed something! Ok.. you're right then.

I sail a Seawind 1000 a fair amount... right on about the traveller.

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:32:14 -0800, "JG"
scribbled thusly:

But the speed does increase if you bear off. It still seems like the best
move is to ease the sheets. You might level the boat, but that might not
help if a bow is buried.

I'm talking downwind here Jon, because that's where they tend to take
a dive.
Uphill, if you notice the bow starting to porpoise, you are pretty
much overpowered and need to feather up a little, ease the traveller,
and look at taking a slab out real soon.

If you are anywhere off the breeze and try to head up, apparent goes
nuts and you'll be going way to fast real quickly and making even more
breeze across the deck.

BTW the traveller guy is probably the most important guy on the boat
when you're pushing hard, he will be actually steering the boat a lot
of the time and can dump power real fast if needed.
A word of caution, always wear gloves when trimming the traveller,
I've seen a rope burn down to the bone! and actually wear 2 pairs of
gloves in the fresh when I'm on it.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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