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In heavy air, it helps to add a second or stiffer batten to the top one or two battens to flatten the top of the sail.
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Just put the battens in tight enough to remove the wrinkles and then leave them alone. In heavy air with cleaner ice, pull back harder and harder on the boom unless the mast will not rotate after tacks.īATTENS: Many people spend too much time on battens and tensioning devices. In light winds with sticky conditions, allow the mast to rotate. This means you can pull harder on the sheet without over flattening the sail and dumping off the leech.
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By “derotating” the mast, you line up the stiffer fore and aft axis of the mast with high leech loads. The object is to reduce mast bend to get more leech tension for higher pointing and top end speed. You should position your blocks so the mast “derotates” when the main sheet is trimmed hard. A certain amount of rotation is desirable to add camber for low-end power and acceleration. By moving the blocks forward on the boom, you can pull the boom aft and take the rotation out of the mast. If you move the blocks aft on the boom, your sheet will push the boom forward and rotate the mast. Tighten the sidestays more for heavy air and less for light air.īLOCK POSITION: Control the rotation of your mast by adjusting your mainsheet blocks to pull or push the boom. Tighten your sidestays so when you stand on your plank the sidestays are just snug.
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The looser you make the sidestays, the more the mast and plank bend. The length will vary if you are using a different type of hound attachment. SIDESTAYS: Sidestays should be 136″ long, measured from the pin that attaches them to the plank, to the pin that attaches them to a Struble or Sarns hound/triangle. Put the socket in the middle for light and heavy winds and in the back for medium winds. SOCKET ON MAST: The farther forward you put the socket, the easier the mast rotates. When you want the boat to point higher and the mast to bend less, move the mast step back. In light air or sticky conditions, move the mast step forward. MAST STEP: The farther forward the step is, the more the mast bends and the more pressure you put on the front runner. Adjust the main halyard so there is about 12″ between the boom and the deck at the stern (14″ in light winds, 10″ in heavy winds). Adjust the headstay so the boom is slightly angled down from horizontal at the leech end. This is because of the increased angle of the headstay to the mast, as well as the sail being lowered into the stiffer, less tapered part of the mast. Lowering the halyard and shortening the headstay will make the mast bend less. The higher you raise the sail, the more you can lengthen the headstay and the more your mast will bend. RAKE: Use the main halyard and headstay length to adjust the rake of the DN.
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