frosero7744
Member II
Hello!! I had my E32-200 out this weekend in the SF bay. Shot out of Alameda behind Treasure Island in 25knots, once around the tip of TI I tacked to starboard and close reached, eventually broad reaching around the island back to the estuary. The wind hit 32 but hovered mid 20's the whole trip. The boat had happy feet for sure, she was wandering and bouncing port to starboard. We had wind waves. i had a single reef and a jib which was too much sail for sure. Heres my questions for those with E32-3 or 200's
1. Do you find that your girl has any trouble at a particular point of sail or a least favorable? i felt like broad reaching was difficult to hold course, but given that we had following wind waves and too much sail up maybe that wasnt the boats fault.
2. At what wind speed would you run just your jib? ive been out in 20-28 knots jib only and made 5.5knots easily. Seems like a steady 25 is where id drop my main all the way down.
3. The PO told me when reefing, he would double reef straightaway considering the wind is usually building in the afternoon in SF. thoughts?
Any input would be appreciated. Just running over the sail this weekend in my head and thinking about what i learned and what i would do differently.
1. Do you find that your girl has any trouble at a particular point of sail or a least favorable? i felt like broad reaching was difficult to hold course, but given that we had following wind waves and too much sail up maybe that wasnt the boats fault.
2. At what wind speed would you run just your jib? ive been out in 20-28 knots jib only and made 5.5knots easily. Seems like a steady 25 is where id drop my main all the way down.
3. The PO told me when reefing, he would double reef straightaway considering the wind is usually building in the afternoon in SF. thoughts?
Any input would be appreciated. Just running over the sail this weekend in my head and thinking about what i learned and what i would do differently.
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