[C38] Flying an asymmetrical

[Joseph Launie]

Phil,
    Going dead down with any sail combination up shortens the ourse but 
lengthens the time you spend on it because it is slow. Our racing 
program is 32 wet wednesdays and 21 weekend races (we do not make them 
all) so we have spent a lot of time on the water with the A-chute. We 
find that it is usually best to stay at 150 or better and in light air 
to heat it up by going as close to beam reach as you can get.
One mistake often made when flying the chute is keeping the main in too 
tight. We drop it down all the way on the travelerer and tighten the 
sheet to help the vang hold it down. Joe Macavity

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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