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Hi Duncan...you say raise it a bit..she sings when im on a beam reach and i already have it probaly higher than i should...but ill try raising a bit moreI thought it was the centerboard's way of saying "Please raise me a little bit"
Cheers ...I'll try that...Also the main sheet catches on the back corner. I try to whip the slack out of it when i go about or Jibe but it still catches...Any advice....Take a sanding block to one of the corners of the trailing edge of the dagger board. Use 220 grit sand paper to cut either the right or left edge. Finish it off with 400 grit wet sanding paper and the vibration will go away. It's also faster, (if that's any concern).
Cheers....nothing's dull about sailing...unless there's no wind...... and another FWIW, it does increase drag, altho generally only slightly. Hardly enuf to care about, except possibly in an extremely tight race. And +1 to what Duncan said - raising the daggerboard usually reduces or eliminates it. That raises the resonant frequency of the daggerboard's vibration higher, so that it no longer matches the resonant frequency of the water's movement.
Sorry that all sounds so dull compared to "my boat singing for me when she's happy" ...
yes. Take some emory cloth and sand the underside of the aft corners. It rounds them off a little and helps the sheet slide across. Also try grabbing the mainsheet mid-boom as the boom comes across during a jibe. If you whip the slack out at that point it helps too.Cheers ...I'll try that...Also the main sheet catches on the back corner. I try to whip the slack out of it when i go about or Jibe but it still catches...Any advice....
You like yr sand paper..Is this all legal for racing as well..yes. Take some emory cloth and sand the underside of the aft corners. It rounds them off a little and helps the sheet slide across. Also try grabbing the mainsheet mid-boom as the boom comes across during a jibe. If you whip the slack out at that point it helps too.
If You go about from close hauled it doesn't happen, so you can immediatly avoid it while tacking from any angle by sheeting in to closehauled when You head up. If you do that as You turn, You also stay powered up a longer time. While jibing You can also sheet in a bit and then time a pull in the sheet as the boom crosses over, this might take some practice, but after a while it will feel natural.Cheers ...I'll try that...Also the main sheet catches on the back corner. I try to whip the slack out of it when i go about or Jibe but it still catches...Any advice....
I've been watching....at the moment I'm fine tuning everything...trying to get everything set right...At the moment where i sail there is only myself.. and the wind is either below 10 knots or as like today 20 knots..And being a large expanse of inland water..I tend to go out in the stronger conditions...I appreciate all advice...If You go about from close hauled it doesn't happen, so you can immediatly avoid it while tacking from any angle by sheeting in to closehauled when You head up. If you do that as You turn, You also stay powered up a longer time. While jibing You can also sheet in a bit and then time a pull in the sheet as the boom crosses over, this might take some practice, but after a while it will feel natural.
There is lots of instruction videos for laser sailing on Youtube also.
Sanding the trailing edges of the foils is legal.You like yr sand paper..Is this all legal for racing as well..
Heel the boat more to windward when starting the jibe.the main sheet catches on the back corner. I try to whip the slack out of it when i go about or Jibe but it still catches...Any advice....
Sanding the trailing edges of the foils is legal.
Sanding the gunwale is not legal.
Not if you're buffing out corner damage....
Heel the boat more to windward when starting the jibe.
When the boom comes across, grab the sheet just below the forward boom block. Don't move your hand (with the sheet in it) in the direction that the boom moves. Don't try to "whip" it.
In very light wind, pull the boom over by grabbing both parts of the sheet between the traveller and the boom.
Tacking: see inlandfreddy's post.
You mean grabbing the sheet by the traveller block? Well, you have to move back and to leeward for a second or two to reach it (admittedly bad), but once you have it in your hand, you put your weight right back where it belongs... and you have total control of the boom (very good). Works best when the air is so light that friction within the sheeting system exceeds the force with which the wind pushes the boom out.Not sure I understand this one. If you're doing the correct light air roll jibe you won't be able to grab the sheet there because you're sitting near the dagger board.
You use your hiking stick to get to the mainsheet between the boom and the traveler. Don't have to move much at all.You mean grabbing the sheet by the traveller block? Well, you have to move back and to leeward for a second or two to reach it
Yeah, that's a good variation when the wind has picked up enough for the extension to go under (and not over) the sheet when you swing it that way.You use your hiking stick to get to the mainsheet between the boom and the traveler.