Thanks Dwight. I haven't raced the boat yet (except for some fun races the club hosts annually). The keelboat racing scene at our small club is dwindling but yeah, I plan to participate in the weekly races this year.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:42 PM, dwight <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve > > > > That does not matter if you have a spinnaker...use your jib as a spinnaker, > use the pole topping lift, the downhaul and jib sheet as you would if you > were flying a kite...no guy in this case...the kite works best to weather and > the main sail is best to leeward...the leading edge of the kite just > beginning to luff, hard to see on the jib because it is attached to the > forestay but never the less the same thing happens...trim the sails and steer > the boat to keep it that way going downwind...you have a rather narrow angle > to steer but if you get it right and your crew trims your sails right and > you learn to feel your boat you will leave your competition behind, believe > me you will...so if white sail racing is what you are about, try what I > suggest and learn to do it good...that could make a big difference in SOG for > your boat...it has for all of the C&C designs that I have sailed > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Stevan > Plavsa > *Sent:* April 4, 2014 3:29 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 > > > > I don't have a spinnaker. > > :/ > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote: > > We all want our money back! > > Rich > > > On Apr 4, 2014, at 15:16, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, so much for that. Just got a reply: "Sorry the pole has been sold". > > The ad was posted today. > > > > grumble > > > > Steve > > Suhana, C&C 32 > > Toronto > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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