P14 Heeling

Doug Jones (djones@turbotek.net)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:53:18 -0700


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Hello:
was hoping someone had some ideas on the maximum heel of a P14 before =
capsizing is likely. I have often heard that 10 degrees of heel is best =
for performance, but nothing about at what point is too much. I imagine =
that there are many variables to take into account with this question =
that I'm not aware of. (I'm not even really sure why a sailboat =
sails...) When I sail my Potter close hauled, I always get scared at =
around 15 degrees of heel and try to fall off. Am I being overly =
cautious? I have sailed a number of rounded bottomed boats that never =
seem to go over (barring a wave and a gust) but I'm not familar with the =
more flat bottomed Potter. I love to hear any "heeling" stories.

Thanks
Doug
P14 588
"Sputnik"

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Hello:
 was hoping someone had some = ideas on the=20 maximum heel of a P14 before capsizing is likely.  I have often = heard that=20 10 degrees of heel is best for performance, but nothing about at what = point is=20 too much.  I imagine that there are many variables to take into = account=20 with this question that I'm not aware of. (I'm not even really sure why = a=20 sailboat sails...)  When I sail my Potter close hauled, I always = get scared=20 at around 15 degrees of heel and try to fall off.  Am I being = overly=20 cautious?  I have sailed a number of rounded bottomed boats that = never seem=20 to go over (barring a wave and a gust) but I'm not familar with the more = flat=20 bottomed Potter.  I love to hear any "heeling"=20 stories.
 
Thanks
Doug
P14 588
"Sputnik"
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