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Partial Mainsail

2009-07-24; 13:24:28 EDT

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Michael,
We need more information. What was the wind speed? Chop? And how fast were  
you going? (hull speed throught the water)
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/24/2009 12:48:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mticse at gmail.com writes:


Went  out with the family on Sunday and wanted to play it safe.
Drew the IMF  mainsail approx halfway on the boom (the letter R on the sail
wasn't  showing).
Wanted to keep things simple and used no jib. Centerboard was  down all the
way.
The boat stayed flat as a pancake which was the  desired effect. 
My wife wants no heeling whatsoever. Problem I had was I  couldn't tack. 
It even had a hard time getting into irons and just  couldn't cutover.
The only way I could change direction was to spin 2/3's  around in a jibe.
I didn't want to experiment and let out more sail so we  just enjoyed 
sailing
the next hour like this.
Is this normal behaviour?  What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Michael
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