Charlie Morgan wrote:
Jeff,

He's not reporting light wind, he's reporting NO wind. How successfull were you
at propelling your Nonesuch in no wind by roll tacking when single handing?
The techniques I described work best when there's no wind. After all,
you can go infinitely faster!

And I never said I rolled tacked the Nonsuch. But we were able to
move it by jibing vigorously.


What is the minimum wind you need to move your PDQ at a reasonalble speed? Does
roll tacking help?

The PDQ is not a speed demon in light air. I'm sure RB's boat could
beat me in 6 knots. However, not by much. The Polar says at 6 knots
of true wind, she'll do 4.6 at 51 degrees (for a VMG of 2.9) and 6.3
knots with the chute up at 90 degrees. Over 10 knots a PDQ 36 setup
for racing (i.e. not mine) would walk away from from a 35s5, even upwind.

And she doesn't seem to respond well to my roll tacking efforts. I
guess I've lost a few pounds.