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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2017 3:42:59 GMT -8
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viv
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Post by viv on Dec 6, 2017 9:01:30 GMT -8
This week's lap is a tough one to crack!
Personally, I really don't like the starting area: Between the awkward position of the rez-zone (I couldn't see it at first nor the windsetter, but it might've been a problem of lag), the security orbs and the narrow channel, I don't feel very good here. And when I can't find a way for a good start, I struggle the whole lap.
With most boats, you will be better off with a couple tacks to the 1st mark... When to tack? Right after start? In the middle of the leg? Just before the mark? I still wonder...
It seems I had a decent timing with the Runa making the turns early...
You may want to focus on mark #2, forgetting #1, making it a longer, more open upwind leg, after an early tack to the South.
Regarding the rest of the lap, my key points would be #4 and the final run.
I definitely struggled to get to #4 and then to manage a good transition to the next leg around #4, from broad reach to close beam. There is a lot to do, shuffling sails, turning hard, trimming the sails, all very quickly around the mark...
The final run is more complex than it looks, with a deceitful bearing to finish. It is possible to stay on the same tack from #5, bearing away to running, but it is likely to be faster with a gybe somewhere in the leg.... I m still debating the point.
One last comment: there are a few spots to watch out with deeper boats, but they are mostly out of the way, so keep the focus on sailing fast.
Fair winds!
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Post by looralie on Dec 6, 2017 14:11:57 GMT -8
Oh don't forget the seagulls by mark #5, i may have beheaded a few of them but there are plenty left. With keel boats i managed to get sanded at #3 and #5, so i think you can do it also... just a question of trying  For the 1st mark i prefer tacking right after the start, i feel like tacking at the buoy results in a higher loss of speed. On the last leg i sail west at 115/120° AWA (on a nacra basis), then tack north to finish. I didn't really try tacking north first, then aiming west: would make sense but seems more complicated. |
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Post by viv on Dec 7, 2017 17:43:40 GMT -8
I guess I had been lucky, or not aggressive enough on my trajectory, but I hadn't meet the beloved seagulls until these latest runs on the WildWinds... Indeed, you can't scrape too close to Ahab's Hunt Island, both because of high grounds and also because of the sea birds. These are well trained too: they hide low on the water so we don't see them, then they pounced on speeding boats like great whites on poor unsuspecting seals  I tend to agree with you on the angle for the Nacra, maybe closer to 120awa, given the strong breeze... Other boats are different stories: the FS optimum angle with 21kts is probably close to 140awa... almost no need to gybe... Trudeaus as well are good running downwind... |
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