I just read an interesting article in Practical Sailor on red vs. white lights
and night vision. It reminded me to ask a question of those more experienced
about night racing. I have only done this a few times and found upwind
steering at night to be a real challenge. I normally steer by the
I no longer race, but when I did, I used my wind instruments when sailing
at night. My previous boat had no wind instruments and I used a spotlight,
like you did, to check the genoa telltales. Try using the wind instruments.
I think you'll find they do fine.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose City
BTW - Our charts are designed to be readable under whit AND red lights. I
understand that science has found that green light ie better than red for not
interfering with night vision. Anyone else read that??
Neil Andersen, W3NEA
1982 C&C 32, FoxFire
Rock Hall, MD 21661
484-354-8800
David,
I’ve done quite a lot of night racing.
https://youtu.be/2I69h6fwL1E
Yes, if you use a spotlight to read your telltales, your night vision will be
shot. Instead, have one of your crew who is sitting more forward, use a
lower-powered light and have him continuously communicate with you “h
Back in the day, some boats had built in spots that shone up along the luff
of the jib. These were very good at destroying night vision.
These days I use my instruments, on which, though calibrated, I check
sailing angle readouts before dark. I also use a small LED flashlight that
I zoom-in to a sm
I don’t do much night racing but when I did, I found stanchion flashlight
mounts very useful.
Aim the pair at your favorite tell tales (or at all of the tell tales if you
have multiple pairs of mounts and flashlights) with a red filter on them and
you’re good to go. Don’t remember where I got th
Hey all,
I have the original Barient 28s as primaries on my ‘85 37’ and with regular
maintenance, they’re still working well and looking ok. Within a year, I’ll be
acquiring a pair of B 26s of the same vintage that may need some work but hey,
free winches:)
I’d like to use the 26s as secondar
My primaries are Barient 28. My secondaries are Barient 23ST. I like to use
my secondaries for genoa sheeting when single-handing when the wind isn't
too strong. Barient 26 should be good for you. I do dip pole gybes. I use
the primaries (forward on the coaming) for the afterguys, and I use the
sec
A masthead wind instrument works at night. Learn your sail trim vs wind
speed and wind angle in the daylight. Should be the same in the dark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 1:01 PM David Knecht via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> I just read an interesting article in Practical Sailor on red vs
David,
I have raced at night and use a combination of wind instruments,
masthead wind indicator and a red LED flashlight with zoom to look at
the lower two genoa telltales. Also feel of the helm and boat tells me
when I am getting into trouble. Being an East Coast boat my mast head
wind ins
“A masthead wind instrument works at night.”
Absolutely, except when it doesn’t. During the 1982 Vic-Maui race on a Britt
Chance designed 54’ IOR boat in trade winds reinforced by a tropical storm
nearby (steady high 20’s, gusts to mid 30’s) the wind instruments were lagging
behind the actual
Peter,
I have a C&C 35-2 with approx. the same fore triangle. The boat has
Barient 28s (aft) as primaries and Barient 26s as secondaries (fwd on
cockpit coaming). In light to moderate there is no problem with the
secondaries being used for spin guys and sheets and for doing headsail
changes
Lol…. Really great writeup Martin, thanks.
For my fellow mere mortals I’ll chime in to support for the masthead
light/windex reflector approach. I discovered it by accident one blustery
night, works well.
Dave 33-2 windstar.
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> On Feb 26, 2023, at 5:47 PM, Martin DeY
Martin,
I found a lot of humor in your description in that I pulled a similar
stunt with a Naval Academy 44 yawl racing from Biloxi to Isla Mujeres
Mexico. Just NW of Cuba (1967), hit by a squall at oh-dark-thirty,
spreaders in water, cut spin halyard. In that race, the only time we
had sign
Great writing Martin. Thanks for sharing.
Bruno Lachance
Bécassine 33-2
Envoyé de mon iPhone
Le 26 févr. 2023 à 17:47, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List a
écrit :
“A masthead wind instrument works at night.”
Absolutely, except when it doesn’t. During the 1982 Vic-Maui race on a Britt
Chance de
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