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Going About with a Foul Hull.
I noticed my sons Hunter 25 was almost impossible to gybe OR
tack in a narrow channel a week ago at Corpus. The tiller was signaling the swirls coming off it to each side while sailing. This weekend, he took the thirty mile trip to the yard where he could have the bottom cleaned and painted after too many years in the water. I am hopeful the boat will go about a little more smartly when the chore is complete. Will it? Brian W |
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Going About with a Foul Hull.
"brian whatcott" wrote in message
... I noticed my sons Hunter 25 was almost impossible to gybe OR tack in a narrow channel a week ago at Corpus. The tiller was signaling the swirls coming off it to each side while sailing. This weekend, he took the thirty mile trip to the yard where he could have the bottom cleaned and painted after too many years in the water. I am hopeful the boat will go about a little more smartly when the chore is complete. Will it? Brian W I'd say yes. When I took my Cal 20 to the yard for haul/wash/work, I could barely get it over 3kts and was hard to turn even with the engine. There was a forest growing on everything below the waterline. After it got cleaned, it sailed nicely. I'm a bit mystified by the gyping part though... That's usually pretty easy almost no matter what. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Going About with a Foul Hull.
On 4/19/2010 4:51 PM, Capt. JG wrote:
I'm a bit mystified by the gyping part though... That's usually pretty easy almost no matter what. He said it wouldn't gybe in a narrow channel implying the narrow channel's width wasn't enough. I'm sure it'd gybe given enough wind and room. |
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Going About with a Foul Hull.
"slide" wrote in message
... On 4/19/2010 4:51 PM, Capt. JG wrote: I'm a bit mystified by the gyping part though... That's usually pretty easy almost no matter what. He said it wouldn't gybe in a narrow channel implying the narrow channel's width wasn't enough. I'm sure it'd gybe given enough wind and room. I am too, but a gybe takes less room and you're more certain to finish it than tacking (assuming he knows how to gybe, which I'm assuming), especially in a narrow channel. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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