toe rail getting buried might not be the best indicator.
To bury the toe rail on my 38 takes over 33 degrees of heel. And the boat is at its best with 18 to 20. 25 degrees of heel still leaves the toe rail about a foot out of the water. Now my 25 is different. There is less free board so 25 degrees of heal puts the toe rail just about in the water. But the boat is still faster and more comfortable with only about 20 degrees on her. If I am in a hurry, when I get to about 15 degrees of heel, and presuming there are no white faces and white knuckles among the guests, I will start doing the other things you suggest: dropping the traveler, flattening the main or easing the vang & sheet to twist off the head, changing course a bit, etc. If that doesnt cut it, it is time to reef. And white faces and white knuckles mean reefing even earlier. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Melody via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 1:12 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List When to reef C&C 33-2 Dwight's content should not be missed. Crew weight is as important as apparent wind speed & angle and maybe even include time to destination or course change for deciding "when to reef". For me, a simple observation "is the toe-rail getting buried" is the tell-tale. If she can't be put back on 'er feet by dropping the traveller, flattening the main or easing the vang & sheet to twist off the head, changing course a bit, getting some "wellies to weather" then it's time to reef. Let the toe-rail be your guide. This goes for any size of our boats, they are not initially tender so it is not fast or comfortable to sail "on yur ear". Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 Vancouver Island At 06:26 AM 13/02/2016, you wrote: One season I started early and just left the main reefed even when I packed up at the end of a sail. We get stiff wind here in early May. Anyway with Alianna I now prefer full main and furled genoa 135 to 120 then to110 and mine works ok furled to 100% with no change of lead points. If that's still too much for comfort the genoa gets rolled up all the way and just full main alone. Racing is different as the amount of sail you can carry is a function of weight on the windward rail; crew weight. Never really had enough on Alianna but I would love to try her with 6 or 8 agile 200 pounders up there; then I am using a 150 up front and ready to do sail changes.Â
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