Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Gybe preventer, now Boom Brake

2019-03-18 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
That too. We had an awesome run down the Severn with the wind blowing 55+ and ripping foam off the wavetops and throwing it up in the trees ashore. We didn't even think about the main, the working jib alone gave us a steady 10-11 knots boatspeed. Everything was going great until we had to turn

Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Gybe preventer, now Boom Brake

2019-03-18 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
Running hard under chute at night barely being able to hold the boat, we came to the point we had to gybe. We felt extremely unmanly dropping the chute, hauling the main in, letting the main out on the other side, and raising the chute again. What kind of racer does THIS? This is something