Thanks for all the input! Two comments this morning. 1 The cncphotoalbum site appears down, anyone have insight? or a copy of the tuning article?
2 In some boats (thinking cal 20) leaving lowers loose and uppers just snug allowed the rig to bend to leeward and actually improve upwind speed without poor pointing. Not sure how the aerodynamics of all that works but sure helped racing. Most of the cal 20 race crews actually removed the aft lowers. as we aren't racing our CnC29 I'm tuning for safety and somewhat performance so all input is still welcome! Respectfully, Karl Karl Kuzis C&C 29 Mk1 Firefly On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:25 PM dwight veinot via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Looser than what? > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 1:17 PM John Irvin via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Some interesting thoughts here. Looser tuning tends to be faster, in my >> opinion (C&C 27-III) >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >> Windows >> >> >> >> *From: *Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent: *October 20, 2022 9:45 AM >> *To: *Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Cc: *Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> >> *Subject: *Stus-List Tuning questions - now Loos gauge accuracy >> >> >> >> Hmmm. Didn't think Loos gauges were terribly inaccurate. Now I question >> them. Found this article: >> >> >> >> https://l-36.com/loosaccuracy.php >> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fl-36.com%2Floosaccuracy.php&data=05%7C01%7C%7C55952429191249b0d0fd08dab2a147a6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638018703003869552%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SSPsUFmA2TkbgJwCgKIFjozvAz0YiRn3HsKYC2kvh58%3D&reserved=0> >> >> >> >> Guess a good rule is to use the same gauge only to return your rig to >> settings based on your experience on the water. >> >> >> >> I might borrow a neighbor's gauge and compare it to mine. >> >> -- >> >> Dennis C. >> >> Touche' 35-1 #83 >> >> Mandeville, LA >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 7:55 PM Doug Robinson via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> YO; >> >> It has been our observation that the Loos gauge readings are relative >> and not specific, our gauge will not match yours. But if you use my >> gauge (or yours) and measure my rig you can use the same gauge to return >> to your boat and match settings. We could be wrong in this. >> >> One of those races where we interchange crew members, Chris Doyle from >> Skip Doyle's boat Rocking Chair was delegated to our boat...first thing >> he did was to loosen the rig and we did well. Wish we had kept those >> settings, I think we sail to tight. >> >> Doug Robinson >> >> >> >> >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile >
