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![]() Gerard Weatherby wrote: There's an article on sailnet ( http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...2%20%20&tfr=fp or http://tinyurl.com/h9z6 ) which claims it's faster to tack downwind on broad reaches instead of running straight downwind. (Assuming you want to get dead downwind.) Have those of you who sail found this to be true? Let's assume there's no spinnaker since I don't have one. S/V Cat's Meow http://www.catsmeow.org FWIW, given that much of this will not apply to the rest of the mundane craft here... THe light shcooner; a light, overcanvassed, planing gaff schooner, not very weatherly and so needing to make up for winward losses on the downhill stretch: Unless the wind is strong, 25kn, a reach was always far, far faster. Sailing "wing and wing" Only allowed the fore and main sails to operat: the jib was blanketed, the main staysail couldn't be used, and there was no "slot" effect. Onto enough of a reach, all four sails could be in action, and synergising. The speed increase was considerably more than needed to make up for the greater distance covered. (We did eventually find out that we could run wing'n'wing'wing, through something of an aerodynamic freak, eg main to port, main staysl to stbd, fore to port (didn't bother with jib, as it was a tricky balancing act by then.) Lady Kate the catyawl: a displacement, non-paning (heavily rockered) hull, gaff main. As someone else said, "death roll"...so we never square run. That ensures, however, that we do eventually arrive at our destination.... Flying Tadpole |
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