SteveSailing
New Member
Two weeks ago, 10-12kts raced a couple W/L races. I noticed, when sailing up wind to the weather mark, I lose ground on other boats. I notice that when I'm block to block and hiking, there's a fine groove to sail in...if I pinch a bit (which seemed to happen a lot), I'd lose some boat speed and have to move my body in so I won't fall into the water.
To avoid the loss of boat speed, I would tend to foot off 10 degrees and ease the main about 8" between blocks. It felt a lot faster, however I didn't gain any ground up wind, I actually lost a couple boat lengths.
Is it just experience and time in the boat? What are your techniques sailing upwind? It seems that your trimming ability is severly limited when you're block to block...or perhaps, that's when I should be playing the vang more.
To avoid the loss of boat speed, I would tend to foot off 10 degrees and ease the main about 8" between blocks. It felt a lot faster, however I didn't gain any ground up wind, I actually lost a couple boat lengths.
Is it just experience and time in the boat? What are your techniques sailing upwind? It seems that your trimming ability is severly limited when you're block to block...or perhaps, that's when I should be playing the vang more.