Alan,
I too suffer from excessive roach. My light air tactic is to stand on the helmsman seat and twang (a technical term) the backstay to release the top batten. It works…most of the time. The lighter the air, the less backstay tension I have. Jake From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 15:49 To: C&C <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C&Cs in general Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compare your VMG with two different size sails. Even if you were to sail slower with a smaller sail, but point higher, you could get around the course faster with a better handicap. You can sail with jib alone, but with much less power. When you tack with jib alone, the wind tends to cause you to tack past your intended course, until you have enough speed to come back to your course. My main has a large roach, and in light air, the upper batten catches on the backstay. When that happens, I have to let the traveler go, ease the mainsheet or ease the halyard, until the batten frees itself. Alan
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