[C38] "light air"?

Mon May 9 17:02:00 EDT 2016

Apologies.

I meant anything between 0-6 kts true wind speed.

Here in Seattle, what we most often see is

-          A nice little sea breeze in the evenings during the summer. This
is when beer can racing happens. Typically 8-15kts

-          Drifting conditions or very light breeze, 0-6kts. Happened during
the winter several times this year and also happens during the summer a lot.
This is where I am struggling and looking for advice

-          Stiff breeze, 20-35kts, often during the winter

Thanks

marc

From: Listserve [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Don
Strong
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [C38] "light air"?

In SFB, "light air" means that you don't have to reef. We do see this once
in a while.
Don

On 5/9/16 1:14 PM, littlebreeze at comcast.net
<mailto:littlebreeze at comcast.net>  wrote:

Marc, great questions.  When I first bought Little Breeze she had a Mylar
155.  It was leaching some sort of adhesive and was one big ball of plastic
wrap.  Had to throw it away, the boat was from San Diego.  We sail the San
Francisco bay area now.  So, could you explain the term "light air".  Never
heard of it.

Kerry Grimes
139, Little Breeze

Loyalty above all else, except Honor.  

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Subject: [C38] Getting going in light air
Date: Mon, May 9, 2016 11:49

Hi folks,

I did the Race to the Straits up here in the Puget Sound and it was a tough
one. Lots of current and little wind.

In drifting conditions I used a mylar daisy windseeker (thanks Steve!) and
we started moving. For more wind than that, we have a hole in the sail
inventory. Currently we only have a pretty heavy cruising #2 genoa (8.7oz
dacron I believe) on the roller furler.

I was curious what you guys are doing to get the boat moving in light air.
Do you have dedicated light #1's? In Sailing Illustrated there is also talk
about a 155% drifter and a mylar #1 genoa. Is anyone using those?

Finally, is there anything I can do in terms of trim in order to get the
boat going in light air?

Thanks

marc 

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