I thought the adjustment of the jibsheet fairleads was to account for the
size of the jib (to get the pull balanced between the foot and leech).

Correct. Before and after the pic we were messing with them. A few pics can't
show overall trim for a sail. In both pics we are far too high to begin with.
Suzanne is not experienced and I told her to do all the trim herself with no
comment from me. She hoisted, set and sailed while I just enjoyed the cool
breeze.
I think this is a good thing to try, short of singlehanding. She's a bit shy of
docking. We're waiting for a quiet day for her to practice.

RB

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

I thought the adjustment of the jibsheet fairleads was to account for the
size of the jib (to get the pull balanced between the foot and leech).

Correct. Before and after the pic we were messing with them. A few pics
can't
show overall trim for a sail. In both pics we are far too high to begin
with.
Suzanne is not experienced and I told her to do all the trim herself with
no
comment from me. She hoisted, set and sailed while I just enjoyed the cool
breeze.

"we were messing with them"? "all the trim herself"?

She didn't think to set both cars the same distance along their rails? What
did she think they're for if she chose to adjust one in any case? I've only
ever sailed dinghies with fixed fairleads and even I know what they're for.


I think this is a good thing to try, short of singlehanding.

Indeed.


She's a bit shy of
docking. We're waiting for a quiet day for her to practice.

I haven't sailed anything that size, but I know it's satisfying to sail a
16' dinghy up to a pontoon with perfect speed to stop alongside. No engine,
no paddling, no jumping off with a hand on a shroud to bring the boat to a
stop, just judging when to drop the sails to let the momentum take you in.


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

"we were messing with them"? "all the trim herself"?

She + messed with them + me watching = WE.

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

"we were messing with them"? "all the trim herself"?

She + messed with them + me watching = WE.

I accept that your earlier post was semantically ambiguous.


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

"we were messing with them"? "all the trim herself"?

She + messed with them + me watching = WE.

Some consideration of the notion that "she messes with them, you watch,
therefore you are also messing with them" leads me to conclude that, by your
logic, a witness to a crime would be a criminal.


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

I haven't sailed anything that size, but I know it's satisfying to sail a
16' dinghy up to a pontoon with perfect speed to stop alongside.

Yup. Learned how to do that on a friends J30. But sailing into a crowded and
very active slip area is not usually a great idea.

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

I haven't sailed anything that size, but I know it's satisfying to sail a
16' dinghy up to a pontoon with perfect speed to stop alongside.

Yup. Learned how to do that on a friends J30. But sailing into a crowded
and
very active slip area is not usually a great idea.

I can imagine it would be quite scary with boats that are big, expensive and
slow to stop. But you rarely get busier than an entire dinghy race fleet all
trying to get onto the slipway at the same time. :-)


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

I can imagine it would be quite scary with boats that are big, expensive and
slow to stop.

I tend to worry about the "other guy" more. You just never know what will panic
some poor sailor or powerboater...then they do something really dumb.
I never assume that the other sailor/driver has a clue.

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

I can imagine it would be quite scary with boats that are big, expensive
and
slow to stop.

I tend to worry about the "other guy" more. You just never know what will
panic
some poor sailor or powerboater...then they do something really dumb.
I never assume that the other sailor/driver has a clue.

Yup, a safe perspective to have. It surprises me how few (if any) bumps
there are between dinghies when they're at such close quarters.


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

Yup, a safe perspective to have. It surprises me how few (if any) bumps
there are between dinghies when they're at such close quarters.

Dinghy sailors DO have a clue most of the time. It's the big boats and their
owners who are cause for defensive tactics.

RB