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Nutsy,
Don't sell your Wing Keel short to fast. Learn how to use it. She'll tack upwind just fine. Just remember that you have to have a good flow of water over the wing to make it work. A wing keel working properly up wind will put your mast more upright, which will increase your working sail area. Downwind, she should be as fast or faster if you watch your hull trim (crew placement) With a good Wind, downwind it can act as a hydrofoil. Remember Conners lost the lead to the Aussies Wing Keel on the downward leg. The "Old Time Puristist" see the keel as a weighted, wetted area necessary to stop Leeway, never accepting the dynamics it adds to the boat. Learn to use the wing!! Hull trim is important; side to side and fore and aft! It needs motion. Without movement it is only weight and wetted area but so then is a deep fin keel. http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsPage http://community.webtv.net/tassail/Pneuma |
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