While halyard tension doesn't affect draft as much on the sail as on a dacron
sail, the tension does change the angle of attach of the jib entry. It will
open and close with tension.
Ron
Wild Cheri
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:27 AM, "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com>
wrote:
Sam
Draft still moves. Also some of us like to ease main
halyard tension downwind and tighten upwind. On the C&C115 with North
3DL we have always used halyard, cunningham, outhaul to adjust sail shape along
with other controls as well. With the replacement of main and #1 with new
3DL this year we still continue to use these. On the #1 we do not adjust
the tension as much as we used to with the old one. With teh main we do
adjust as much as with the old one.
Mike
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Subject: Stus-List Halyard
Tension
Reading the tread about halyards, and an
earlier post about furlers reminded me to ask a question of you racers out
there: -
I don’t race - only because there’s no-one
racing on our lake. Although I have done a couple of Swiftsures.
But I like passing boats and hate it when
boats pass me!
My boat has been pretty well upgraded with all
rope halyards; new adjustable genoa cars; self tailers; new traveller; barbour
haulers; and new Dacron sails 5 seasons ago.
I sail with a 135% genoa on a furler. While
sailing I adjust the genoa halyard regularly to move draft in the sail as the
wind changes. (I do the same with the main too!)
Now the question:
Late this season I bought a new high tech,
Kevlar, carbon, kryptonite, 135% genoa.
I’m assuming I don’t adjust halyard tension
with this new sail as I don’t think the sail will distort like a Dacron
sail.
Similarly, when I buy a matching main, main
halyard and Cunningham adjustment will become redundant. Am I correct with this
assumption?
If this is correct, are there any trimming
adjustments with these new high tech sails that I should become familiar with?
Do you trim these newer sails any different than the old Dacron sails?
What new techniques do I need to absorb?
Thanks,
sam :-)
C&C 26 Liquorice
Ghost Lake Alberta.
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