[C38] Flying an asymmetrical

[William Knowles]

I think that depends how your chute is cut. A real
full chute will run dead down wing and wing but I
can't believe that it will deliver the same speed dead
down as broad reaching. Unless the wind is  way up and
it will overpower the boat at 150 degrees. I tried it
last summer and could not do it at all. However with
both sails on the same side we flew.
Bill Knowles 
Flying Goose c38 

--- eyriepg at comcast.net wrote:

> I crewed on a 2002 Beneteau 411 in Everett, WA last
> Sunday.  It had a new 150% genoa and a new roller
> furling main.  It has a reputation of correcting
> last so I was curious about what they were doing
> wrong.  I have to say that, with its shoal wing
> keel, it was a slug in 6-7 knots of wind.  Also, the
> crew didn't really know how to sail the boat.
> 
> The skipper has had difficulty jybing the sail
> outside the forestay so they rigged it so they jybe
> it like a genoa inside the forestay.  It seemed to
> work OK but they had to furl the genoa before
> unsocking the asym.  My real question concerns the
> efficacy of going wing and wing with the asym and
> the main.  The skipper claimed that he had the same
> speed going dead downwind this way compared to a
> heading with a relative wind angle of 150 with both
> sail on the same side of the boat.  I have never
> read anything about sailing wing and wing with an
> asym and main.   Do you have any experience doing
> this?
> 
> Phil Gay
> C38 049 Que Linda
> Everett, WA>
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