wrote

I think you're thinking too much!

You can say that again. The boat is out of the water, my kid is sick
so I can't go work on it, and it's raining.


It's actually good form to let the boat come up to speed before
taking in that last bit of sheet.

Agreed. But, you're thinking like a racer and I'm thinking like the
one armed paper hanger singlehanding around in narrow busy waters. I
get help a lot of the time but often end up short tacking home up a
narrow channel while the tired kids read down below. I lose more
speed trying to crank and steer at the same time than I would bearing
off a bit with the jib too tight, but I need the boat to point.

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Roger Long