I race an ericson 25+ here on the bay and would like to make her faster. Bought a new main and the sailmaker recomended extending the length of the headstay to cant the mast aft. I have made the turnbuckle for the headstay as lose as practically possible. I run a 150 and a 130 plus an 80 jib. Use a harken unit 00 without the drum and have dual jib halyards. I have three spinnakers and run one off the masthead and the other two fly fractional. The boat uses a Pole that is 11 feet long. Goes really fast off the wind, but not so good upwind. Have a pretty good bottom, not perfect. I have a backstay adjuster with 24:1 purchase. Run a ridged spring vang with 16:1 purchase that is double ended. Have an internal outhaul that is 12:1 purchase. Main has roughly 210 square feet instead of stock 165 square feet.
Wanna make this boat go faster upwind. Any tricks or pointers? Ryan
Wanna make this boat go faster upwind. Any tricks or pointers? Ryan