Re: Rigging and Sail trim [was: RE: BOOM Rigging]

From: Eric Johnson (etj@nwlink.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:55:58 PST


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>>Were you adjusting your mainsail trim on each tack? if not, how is your
>mainsheet
>>routed?
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>Nope, mainsail trim remained the same. My mainsheet is routed: Bitter on Port,

>Through aft block on boom, block on starboard, forward block on boom, block
on
>port, and finally through cleat,... Isn't that they way it should be? What
are
>my alternatives?

that sounds right. I was just asking because some boats are shipped set up wrong.
Personally, I trim during and after each tack. I suppose weight distribution,
rigging tension, coriolis effect [N], and other things can make each tack different.

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