Which ever reduces weather helm the most. As reefing the main moves the center
of effort forward, it usually balances most masthead boats better by reducing
weather helm.
From: dwight veinot via CnC-List
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 7:47 AM
To: Jean-Francois J Rivard ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Furl 1st or Reef 1st ?
my experience reefing is better...helps more to keep the boat upright...in
18-22 apparent upwind on y 35 MKII she's faster with the 135 not furled and
first reef in the main
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
d.ve...@bellaliant.net
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Here's another one on heavier winds: Reef 1st or Furl 1st?
Up 'till a few weeks back, when the boat gets over-powered I typically furl
long before I reef because it's so much easier + it's quick to un-furl when
going on a reach. But then I watched the "in port" race with the Volvo 'round
the world thing where the ladies team reefed instead of going for the smaller
gib and seemed to gain speed from that tactic. When I tried reefing before it
seemed to remove too much power ( In 18-22 breeze) but I was not looking at
the boat speed closely.
Has anybody done some tests on reefing vs furling in terms of outright
speed on a close haul for a given wind speed?
-Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five"
Lake Lanier, GA
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