Christian Monberg - practice event in Skovshoved the 13th – 14 th of november

17. november 2008
Christian Monberg

Project title: RC 44 “Pink inside” – so fare
NOTE description: Notes doing our practice event in Skovshoved the 13th – 14 th of november
Note number: 002

Notes from the practice in Skovshoved

Rigging:
We spent a lot of time working on out base-setting. As we had the right rake, we could now start to tighten up the whole rig. As a great credit to us, we ended up on the exact same numbers as Oracle on the Preasure@.
Base setting: 10 knts
From the front to the back
Measured from bar-top top bar-bottom
SB:
1: 107,80 mm
2: 92,10 mm
3: 133,00 mm
PORT:
1: 108,60 mm
2: 98,00 mm
3: 136,20 mm
Max of HS
Jackpreasure@185
Max on HS
Jackpreasure@260
For swingmeasure:
Bass: 1790,00 mm (from top deck to top of whiteband)
Whiteband → down: 100,00 mm
HS → down: 1565,00 mm




Observations from the water
Upwind:
It is on the upwind leg very important to have enough tap on as it unloads the rudder there therefore allows you to ad more pressure to the helm.
There seems to be a borderline of how to trim the main sail around 17 knts.
In less than 17 knts, it is all about leech bite. Rather bring the traveler further down and ad more leech tension.
In more then 17 knts it about twist, since you never will have the whole main dragging. Therefore take the traveler up 30-40 mm and ease the main a fair bit.

Best regards
Christian Monberg