laserchris
New Member
Hi all,
First sail of the season yesterday in pretty light winds, max 4 - 5 knots ish. I was new to sailing last year and the winter break seems to have erased alot from my memory!! I really struggled to match other lasers speed both up and down wind. Can anyone help with decent approximate settings for the downhaul, outhaul and kicker in these sorts of conditions? maybe up to about 8 knots. I had the outhaul so the foot of the sail was around 6 - 8 inches from the boom, the downhaul was completely off all the way round the course and the kicker was a bit less than block to block, around 3 - 4 inches. There was a bit of swell even though it was light so should I have less outhaul and kicker?
Any help much appreciated!!
Chris
First sail of the season yesterday in pretty light winds, max 4 - 5 knots ish. I was new to sailing last year and the winter break seems to have erased alot from my memory!! I really struggled to match other lasers speed both up and down wind. Can anyone help with decent approximate settings for the downhaul, outhaul and kicker in these sorts of conditions? maybe up to about 8 knots. I had the outhaul so the foot of the sail was around 6 - 8 inches from the boom, the downhaul was completely off all the way round the course and the kicker was a bit less than block to block, around 3 - 4 inches. There was a bit of swell even though it was light so should I have less outhaul and kicker?
Any help much appreciated!!
Chris