When sailing upwind, I find it hard to find the angle to the wind that give the best forward progress. Go too high and you are slow but go too low and you cover more distance than needed. I think this is how pinching and footing are defined. So how is the groove between the two found that...
Thanks for the thoughtful replies. I'll try the heeling to leeward idea and keeping the weight forward next chance I get.
By the way, I'm an engineer by training and so being a complete geek, believe that there is much to be revealed by careful analysis and test. Wouldn't it be wonderful if...
I was hoping to hear suggestions from the forum on successful ways to race a sunfish upwind in light air. There is a lot of emphasis in the Sunfish Bible and other sources on the value of keeping the boat as flat as possible to get as much use from the daggerboard as possible. Despite that...
I would like to upgrade my Sunfish to the racing sail and centerboard. These parts are rumored to be hard to get with some dealers having lengthy back orders. Any suggestions for the best sources for the sail and centerboard? Thanks for any suggestions.
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