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Old 01-09-2008
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You crank on the backstay tension, and alos the outhaul. This flattens the sail to depower it and also moves the centre of effort forwards.
Now is also a good time to ease the traveller somewhat and crank on the cunningham. The boat will stand up and be more controllable, and will lose only a little speed (or it might even gain it depending on how much heel you had before). It will not point quite as high any more, but it will be worth it for the savings in crew energy and sanity. Do not forget to undo all of these tweaks when going downwind and als when you have arrived back at the dock...Nothing worse then seeing a bunch of top-end race boats at the end of a day with their masts still cranked and bent back.

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