Thanks for the instructional video, Alex
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I'm
finally becoming One with the traveler. Weekend before last, in moderate air, reef in the main and flying the #3 (we had guests), I observed, while going to weather, the top tell-tale spending most of its time flipped forward. So, remembering what I'd read, I eased the mainsheet until it stopped doing that and re-positioned the boom using the traveler. Gained an instant 3/4 of a knot
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Then, last weekend, this time in 15 kt winds, full main and the #1 (150%), again going to weather, we were over-powered. So, after getting everything where it needed to be for "maximum smoke," I simply dropped the traveler down and eased the genoa until she was back on her feet and the rudder angle was more tolerable.
Hey: This stuff actually works!
Jim