[C38] Broach Coach

[david at dlrfilms.com]

RE: Broach Coach

Our fourth day out between Montauk and Bermuda we had a heap of wind and a
big following sea. We ran just about dead down wind on a scrap of rolled
up gennie with the Aries steering making 7-8 kts and the boat was well
behaved -- no rounding up or other dramatics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcfKakRl9A8

Maybe not helpful for you racing speed junkies, but the C38 will run
downwind. What seems to work for me is making sure the sails are trimmed
in a way that they don't power up if the nose heads up. I find this nearly
impossible with the genoa out, so make most of my downhill runs with a
loosely trimmed main.