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I believe the best placed ones are Brendan Casey's because you have the 3 main telltales at the bottom of the luff (near the tack), he also used another one along the luff at the middle and one near the top - still on the luff. I think these are the best places because they can tell you if you have too much or too little kicker, or if you have a too tight or too loose foot of the sail.
But hey its your decision =P
That drawing is in error!
Paul Goodison would never have had a telltale that high in 2002. It was at least 4 inches lower.
2004 was a different matter, though, and his telltale placement proved the old adage that...
(Geesh! I thought my fly fishing group liked to split hairs, but this is nutz!)
And what about to place a leech tell tale to see if you have too much or too little kicker? And I dont understand how luff tell tales can help you to understand if you have a too tight or too loose leach. Can you explain?
Thanks!
Maybe someone can tell what Ainslie wrote in his "Laser Campaing manual"
and what Paul Goodison wrote in his RYA Laser Handbook about tell tales?
Thanks!
Paul Goodison wrote 'The best position for tell tales is just above the window and one at the half way point between the luff and the top batten'. His boat in the pictures also has another one further forward and up from the lower one
There is only one boat with leech tell tales in the whole book, they don't seem to be popular with the top sailors. Does the leech not matter or have these guys practised so much they instinctively know the sail has stalled?
And what about Ainslie? Can somebody tell what he wrote in his book about tell tales?
Use what works best for you not what works best for someone else, ESP not world and olympic champions! Given the level those guys sail at I doubt they even need to look at the sail to know what its doing the majority of the time
You need to position the tell tails in the positions of the sail YOU need to know how the air is traveling over.