Sailing by the Lee tell tale

CaptainAhab

CaptainAhab

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After reading the current threads about sailing by the lee and the pros and cons of the windex on the Laser. I had a thought. Everyone notices that the windex goes nutz when you mover from in the limbo area between Lee and Gybe. I figured a correctly places tell tale should do the same. I placed on the underside of the boom about 6" back from the goosneck, well before the vang key.

I had a race this afternoon with triangles and wiindward lewards. The telltale works great the flow absolutely switches direction and stalls when in the lee. I highly encourage people to try it.
 
CaptainAhab said:
After reading the current threads about sailing by the lee and the pros and cons of the windex on the Laser. I had a thought. Everyone notices that the windex goes nutz when you mover from in the limbo area between Lee and Gybe. I figured a correctly places tell tale should do the same. I placed on the underside of the boom about 6" back from the goosneck, well before the vang key.

I had a race this afternoon with triangles and wiindward lewards. The telltale works great the flow absolutely switches direction and stalls when in the lee. I highly encourage people to try it.
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Interesting idea. Got me thinking... How about two on the sail sleve, either side of the mast, maybe 0.5m up from boom? I'm thinking that when by-the-lee flow is achieved they shoul flow in parrallel out in front of the mast.
will try all three next weekend. Should be interesting.
 
these are interesting ideas, but likely not helpful for racing. they take into account reverse flow, but not apparent wind and VMG. proper lee technique is a combination of apparent winds, sheeting angles and weight distribution. On its own, reverse flow is merely just gybe point.
 
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