I've never sailed a P19 so you're in a much better position to judge the
feel of the boat in various conditions. I was going mainly by the
experience of the newbies who sailed off a beach with the CB up and sails
cleated and immediately turned over. The story is on the Potter Yachters
web page, entitled "Tales of Turning Turtle." Please read it if you haven't
already. <http://songbird.com/py/story/Turtles.html>
On my P14, I sometimes pull up my CB part way to reduce drag on a run, but
the P14 has a swing-up CB, which doesn't raise the CG as much as raising
the P19 keel vertically.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
Mike wrote:
>> No need to drop sail, just crank up the daggerboard, she'll slip
>> sideways a
>> few feet, then catch the wind and off you go. As far as top
>> heavy with the
>> dagger board up, the depends on how much wind your in. I have been under
>> full sail (in about 10 knots of wind) and sailing in 18 inches of water.
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Eric wrote:
>I wouldn't recommend it to others, but I have sailed with board up as well.
>Off the wind in light air you can reduce wetted area and theoretically gain
>a little speed by doing this. I remember once in a race I was passing(!) a
>Hunter (410 i think it was, a big boat) and as I was approaching the mark i
>started cranking on the winch to lower the board. The skipper of the hunter
>yells out "hey do you have a propeller attached to that crank or what?" :)