This Forum is supported by C&C 27 owners like you whose membership in the C&C 27 Association makes possible this Forum and the accompanying site. Thank you, members, for your continuing commitment.
You are not logged in.
Hi Steve,
Thanks for all of your help to date. The boat is coming together very nicely and results are improving.
I read your article on Tuning the Rig which was really informative for a newbie MK V sailor, thank you!
A couple of questions, if you are willing to share.
Where do you place your crew downwind in light airs. Do they fly the spinnaker and pole from the side decks. Do you steer from ahead of the primaries? I have been tending the spin sheet and guy while the crew hoists and once thye are set I hand them over and concentrate on steering.
When you are heading downwind to the mark how far out do you reach? The polars suggest 115 is the fastest in terms of VMG but deeper sure feels faster on the boat.
Rob Ladan _/)
Airborne ll MK V #520
Vernon Yacht Club, Vernon BC
Rob Ladan _/)
Airborne ll MK V #520
Vernon Yacht Club, Vernon BC
Offline
Rob:
More than willing to share, would be even more willing to come out and show you in person, all it would take is a ticket on Westjet <img src="emoticons/icon_smile.gif">.
To answer your questions, as far forward as i can get them. We sail with 5 onboard, so person at the mast hoists, person in the pit feeds the spinn out, person who is usually the jib tailer sets the pole and gets ready to fly the spinn sheet (spin sheet is preloaded on the windward cabin top winch) helm preloads the spinn guy. At the mark rounding helm bears off and eases the main, Jib trimmer eases the jib slightly (it's really overtrimmed during the hoist) Jib tailer moves to the weather side deck and trims the spinn. Pit person douses the jib and then assists the jib trimmer to transfer the spinn sheet from the cabin top winch to the leeward primary. The jib trimmer then moves to the windward primary and takes over tending the spinn guy from the helm. The pit person moves to the cabin top leans against the boom and looks aft to tell the helm what the compitition is doing.
The mast person tidies up the fore deck, pulls the slack in the spinn haylard (we have a cam cleat on the mast which we use to temporarily hold the haylard when we hoist) back so that it is held by the haylard locks back at the companionway and flakes the haylard tail down below.
I don't like to sail the boat all that low downwind. I have found that sometimes in really light conditions you can get quite low and not suffer too much. Generally I use my windex as a guide and keep the pointer over the windward tab, so that's somewhere around 130 degrees off of the apparent wind. In heavy wind you can definately go deeper, say down to around 160 degrees but if you get too low the boat might tend to roll a lot especially if there is a good sea running, In heavy wind we start moving the crew aft, to the point we might have one or two sitting on the stern pulpit. In light stuff, I try to sit or stand as far forward in the cockpit as I can and still steer the boat, that's not always easy. But if you hear gurgeling at the back of the boat you are going slow.
Hope that helps, if you need more just let me know or send that Westjet ticket!
Steve
Offline
Once again great advice Steve, it worked out well for us tonight even though we were short crew (only 2 of us). Luckily the winds were very light. I love this boat!
Big race this weekend, the Giants Head Regatta in Summerland BC. A distance race on Saturday and can racing on Sunday. Can't wait to see how we go in a big fleet.
New 3DL on order as well as a Harken Furler.
While I can't afford WestJet tickets, if you are in the area you do have a place to stay and sail (as long as we can pick your brains)!
Thanks again for your ongoing advice.
RobRob Ladan _/)
Airborne ll MK V #520
Vernon Yacht Club, Vernon BC
Rob Ladan _/)
Airborne ll MK V #520
Vernon Yacht Club, Vernon BC
Offline