tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831506.post114610779639653493..comments2019-11-05T23:01:03.047-05:00Comments on LinGin: WNR - Series I - Race 2Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16230537847956809570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831506.post-1146567197415085162006-05-02T06:53:00.000-04:002006-05-02T06:53:00.000-04:00Just to add an addendum to this...Using the travel...Just to add an addendum to this...<BR/><BR/>Using the traveler and mainsheet together to control both leech profile and sheeting angle is kind of like vang sheeting in a boat without a traveler. In that case you use the vang to control leech tension and sheet for sheeting angle. Since 505's don't have a traveler, but only a split-bridle mainsheet with a very powerful (24:1) vang, they work this way. <BR/><BR/>This is normal on American boats...european ones often have mid-boom sheeting and either a hoop or a traveler. So they sheet more like an Alberg. <BR/><BR/>Then on a laser, for example, you use vang to induce mast bend to flatten your main. When it's really breezy, you just whale on the vang, but not for the purpose of closing the leech but for driving the boom forward into the mast, pushing the lower mast forward, thus flattening the main.J Bergquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831506.post-1146144206588264922006-04-27T09:23:00.000-04:002006-04-27T09:23:00.000-04:00Crew--We had some discussion on board last night a...Crew--<BR/><BR/>We had some discussion on board last night about <B><I>why</I></B> Chuck said to bring the traveller to windward in light air. J Bergquist, a regular LinGin blog reader :-) , had this great explanation as to the reason. (Note: CL = Center Line) Makes good sense to me.<BR/><BR/>--Tim<BR/><BR/>Traveler up in light, down in breeze. This is one I know, but you didn’t explain in your post WHY you should do that. The reason (I think) is because in light air you want to keep the same leech profile, which means you need less leech tension for the same sheeting angle. If you leave the traveler on CL, then you have to sheet really hard to get the boom to CL, which closes your leech too much and screws up your leech profile….too much tension. By moving the traveler up to windward, you can use much less sheet tension to get the boom to CL, which allows for a good sheeting ANGLE while still allowing for a good sail shape (leech profile). You get the boom on CL without closing the leech down.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230537847956809570noreply@blogger.com