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Sail Trim Question
We used our drifter sail yesterday on our 22 foot sloop,
which we hadn't tried for several years. The conditions on Lake Michigan were light 6-8 knots and it pulled the boat nicely on a beam reach. It does even better on a run, when we used it previously with a whisker pole. A drifter, for those who don't know, is kind of a cruiser's spinnaker, but much less complicated and usable for points of sail, other than a run. Like the spinnaker, it is very light weight and useful in light airs, which we don't get often on Lake Michigan. Problem I noticed is that with the drifter run all the way up the forestay, there was still slack in the luff of the sail. This is a hanked on sail. The sail came with a built in wire lead at the tack, about 18 inches long. Should I simply shorten this wire lead to solve this problem? Sherwin |
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