Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] New sails
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Bill Kinney <greatketch@...>
Alan,
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You really get a SM to tack through 90 degrees measured by COG? Wow! Who’s your sailmaker? That’s a COG tacking angle I’d expect from a J-105! What apparent wind angle do you have to pull to get that, and how do you do it? In normal sea conditions, I expect to hold 35º to 37º to the apparent wind, which gives us about a 50º+/- angle to the true wind, but we haven’t counted for leeway yet, so I normally think I am doing well with 102º to 105º change in COG on a tack. If I get to 110º in small seas I know I am getting sloppy on my sail trim. My autopilot tweaks the course while beating to optimize VMG, and it always settles down very close to those numbers--if the seas aren’t too rough. In perfect conditions (10-12 knots true, flat water) I can pinch a little more out before the keel stalls and I start going sideways. I’ll expect to get a little better with new sails, but nothing like what you see. Bill Kinney SM #160, Harmonie On the Hard, Fort Lauderdale, FL “Ships and men rot in port."
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