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Originally Posted by donhaller
Also I became more concerned when several times I would get the boat heading a northerly again on a close hauled line and the bow of the boat would come back through the eye of the wind ...
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It sounds like you were over-powered, and the rudder couldn't keep her from rounding up.
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Originally Posted by donhaller
I also have to learn more about my mainsail trim and sheets. I tried moving the main sheets along the traveler from port to starboard and then centered many times trying to find the optimum place during different tacks and I just couldn't find the right trim for the conditions. So I think I need to get someone down there to look at the rigging for my mainsail and show me what I'm doing wrong there too.
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Pick up a copy of Ivar Dedekam's
Sail and Rig Tuning. Very good book with lots of pictures
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What you wanted to do, in your case, being over-powered, and having a traveler, was: Mainsheet, outhaul and halyard trimmed as hard as possible, to flatten the sail and get the draft as far forward as possible, then let the traveler off to leeward a bit to dump air. You could've also eased the jib a touch to de-power it, too.
Jim