| Wind |
Light 0-5knts
|
Medium 6-16knts
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Heavy 17+knts
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Comments |
Sail
Inventory |
Mainsail A-7+ for Std. Petti & BB
Manisail A-10 for stiff Petti mast
Genoa LJ-4 / MJ-8
Spinnaker CX-8 |
Mainsail A-7+ for Std. Petti & BB
Manisail A-10 for stiff Petti mast
Genoa MJ-8
Spinnaker CX-9
|
Mainsail A-7+ for Std. Petti & BB
Manisail A-10 for stiff Petti mast
Genoa MJ-8 / MJ-8-H
Spinnaker CX-9 |
The sea conditions and waves can chance
the wind range in the sail inventory |
Mast Rake
|
121,5 cm (Petticrow)
119,0 cm (BB) |
121,5 cm (Petticrow)
119,0 cm (BB) |
121,5 cm (Petticrow)
119,0 cm (BB) |
Transfer black mark at mast to forstay
Measure along the forstay to deck level |
Mast
Ram |
Mast 1,5 cm forward at deck level |
Mast neutral |
Mast 2,5 cm forward at deck level |
f you struggle with pointing, pull the mast back |
Mast
Position |
83,0 cm (Petticrow)
81,5 cm (BB) |
83,0 cm (Petticrow)
81,5 cm (BB) |
83,0 cm (Petticrow)
81,5 cm (BB) |
Mast position at deck level is taken from station 4 |
Jumpers (adjustable)
Jumpers (fixed)
|
Loose
Loos gauge tension 6 |
Mast straight
Loos gauge tension 6 |
Mast straight
Loos gauge tension 6 |
Make sure the mast is straight from side to side |
Upper
Shrouds |
Loose gauge tension 14 for Std.
Petti & BB and 12 for stiff Petti mast
minus 1 turn
|
Loose gauge tension 14 for Std.
Petti & BB and 12 for stiff Petti mast
plus 1-2 turns |
Loose gauge tension 14 for Std.
Petti & BB and 12 for stiff Petti mast
plus 3 turns |
Tension is taken without plastic. Shroud position
from station 4. is 83 cm all time, for light crew 80 cm |
Lower
Shrouds |
Let the mast bend 1 cm to
leeward at spreader level
|
Mast straight |
Mast straight plus 1-1½ turn so the
mast bends to windward |
When you set the mast straight, look up at the sail
groove
|
| Backstay |
Little tension in the very light
|
Just tight to prevent the mast
top from moving in waves |
Just tight to prevent the mast
top from moving in waves |
Little tension in the very light to pre-bend the mast |
| Runners |
Slack to 15 -16 cm above deck
Mark # 4 |
From 15 - 5 cm above deck
Mark # 3 - # 2
|
From 5 - 0 cm this is maximum
Mark # 1 |
Mark # 1 (tape) runners at through deck level such that
the forestay reads 30 on the Loos gauge.
This is the maximum runner setting |
| Mainsail |
Light sheeting; upper teltales
flying straight back |
Sheet until the top batten is
parallel with the boom; upper
telltales 20% on leeward side |
Sheet until the main is flying nicely
the top batten is 2 degrees twisted to
leeward, telltales are flying straight back |
If you struggle with pointing, you must pull the sheet
harder, but check the mast ram first
|
Main
Traveller |
To windward; boom on middle |
To windward; boom on middle |
On the middle and up to 10 cm to leeward |
The boat has to be light on the helm |
| Outhaul |
2,0cm from black band
|
1cm from black band |
All the way out to black band |
The sail has to be flat along the boom in heavy wind |
| Cunningham |
Loose |
Loose - just remove wrinkles
along luff |
Just remove wrinkles along the luff |
In very heavy winds, you can pull hard to move
draft forward |
| Boomvang |
Loose
Make sure it is cleated for the run |
Loose
Make sure it is cleated for the run |
Loose
Make sure it is cleated for the run |
On the reach and runn pull so the top batten is
parallel to the boom
|
Genoa Sheet
|
Pull so the foot just touches
the schroud at deck level
|
Pull until the foot is touching
10 cm up at shrouds
|
Pull until the foot is touching
25 cm up at shrouds |
|
Genoa Barberhaul
|
Mark #4 / 15 cm out of cuddy
15-18 cm from the spreader
|
Mark #2 / 9 - 10 cm out of cuddy
5 cm from the spreader |
Mark #3 / 10 - 12 cm out of cuddy
8 cm from the spreader
|
|
Genoa
Halyard |
Small wrinkels along the luff |
Just remove wrinkels along
the luff |
Just remove wrinkels along
the luff |
Make sure that the luff is NOT overstreched
that make the boat very slow |