Hi!
There haven't been any Chesapeake Bay posts for a while, so I'll post a link to a video of me sailing from Rock Hall to the Sassafrass River. After sitting for 7 months waiting for the new engine to be installed, it was ready to continue the journey that we started on March 30th of this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acmlbzb7fMk&feature=youtu.be
There is also some footage of our Boston Whaler Squall with a trolling motor for anyone interested in seeing how it rides.
So, I have some general sailing questions you may be able to answer for me...
1) How can I keep the genoa leech from flapping? It seems to happen on all points of sail, and I tried to adjust the sheet lead further aft and further forward and that lessened it a little, but it was still there. It's an older sail, so, there may not be any solution.
2) When sailing downwind maybe 160-170 degrees from the wind, the mainsail seemed to keep the genoa in its shadow (which I used to my advantage when the wind picked up, and I had too much sail out), but when the wind was light, is the only option to sail on more of beam reach, or go wing on wing? Unfortunately, the autopilot failed or I would have been able to experiment with different setups.
Thanks!
Dean
index:
Genoa flapping 0:43
Genoa flapping 1:20
Rudder 2:00
Dinghy 2:45
There haven't been any Chesapeake Bay posts for a while, so I'll post a link to a video of me sailing from Rock Hall to the Sassafrass River. After sitting for 7 months waiting for the new engine to be installed, it was ready to continue the journey that we started on March 30th of this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acmlbzb7fMk&feature=youtu.be
There is also some footage of our Boston Whaler Squall with a trolling motor for anyone interested in seeing how it rides.
So, I have some general sailing questions you may be able to answer for me...
1) How can I keep the genoa leech from flapping? It seems to happen on all points of sail, and I tried to adjust the sheet lead further aft and further forward and that lessened it a little, but it was still there. It's an older sail, so, there may not be any solution.
2) When sailing downwind maybe 160-170 degrees from the wind, the mainsail seemed to keep the genoa in its shadow (which I used to my advantage when the wind picked up, and I had too much sail out), but when the wind was light, is the only option to sail on more of beam reach, or go wing on wing? Unfortunately, the autopilot failed or I would have been able to experiment with different setups.
Thanks!
Dean
index:
Genoa flapping 0:43
Genoa flapping 1:20
Rudder 2:00
Dinghy 2:45