I am glad the subject of tacking a large genoa came up. I have a great deal of
trouble with my 145 genoa trying to get it so it does not require extensive
winching. What tends to happen is that the clew of the genoa folds back on
itself at the mast as you come head to wind and then gets trappe
Tacking advice: Always remove any slack from the lazy sheet after each tack.
When you turn the boat, the release is more important than the sheeting in.
Start your tack, turning the boat ready to release, then wait till about a
third of the genoa is backwinded, release that side and slow your
On my C&C35 mark I, I replaced the primary winches with Lewmar 42's. I used to
sail/race with a 170 but now our class has limited the largest sail to 155. 62
yo and still occasionally single-hand in races.
Letting the jib/genoa backwind so the wind is pushing the bow into the turn
before rel
Caution on a late release of a genoa. The boat has a 155% North 3Di,
which has been raced 13 times. The last race, on the last tack, leeward
crew did a late release, resulting in the spreader punching a hole just
above the spreader patch. Yes, North is going to add a little more
height to th
