[MHml] Winch vs Tackle

[Ted Grossbart]

On the original 28' Rosebud we would bear off in puffs under genaker  
and under jib as well if we weren't right on the wind even though the  
lee bow was very prone to dipping.  The one time we flipped her was  
heading up in gusts,  a bit cracked off,  on a crowded race course  
when we couldn't head down.  Now at 33' with 3 1/2' of extra bow out  
there,  life is much less exciting as it is very rare we depress the  
bows even a bit.  I agree with Ross that when using the big genaker  
up wind in 'Swiss Lakes " mode or our upwind only smaller genaker,   
you have to depower up but that is usually in very light air.

Depowering the jib with sheet for big adjustments or trav for small  
ones also is key to taking pressure off the lee bow up wind if you  
don't have extra buoyancy there.

I suspect Charleston would benefit from a similar lengthening but it  
is a very big job and I can understand Ross wanting to try other  
things first.

Ted

P.S.  Our helm also does not change as we lift a hull.



On Dec 9, 2007, at 7:02 AM, Claas van der Linde wrote:

> Ross Hobson writes:
>> this lack of bow volume was partly behind our capsize earlier this  
>> year
>
> Sounds like you would also benefit from a Rosebud mod. Ted seems to
> indicate that bow stuffing is simply not a concern anymore. That would
> make Rosebud a better boat than Charleston (and I just sold him a
> pitchpole-limited B-boat... :-) But he knows...)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Claas
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