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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee
"...The midleach telltale is used to compare to the top and bottom leach in order to determine proper vang tension and twist in your main..."
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Proper vang tension is a big problem for me.
Maybe I should install a vang!
Quote:
Originally Posted by VtSteve
From what I had read about the Maltese incident, the smaller craft misjudged the wind when he tacked to get closer to it. The Maltese was on a steady heading, mid channel, and had already been buzzed by onlookers in small craft. My take was that the smaller craft acted like a PWC jumping wakes. He also fled the scene  |
1) Because of the immense size size of the
Maltese Falcon sailboat—and the many admirers crowding the channel that day, they'd hired a harbor pilot. Although the damage was minimal, the harbor pilot returned to get the bow number of the much-smaller sailboat.
I don't see
any sailboat "fleeing the scene".
2) It wasn't exactly "the wind" that the smaller boat misjudged: It was the sudden
absense of wind—properly termed the "wind-shadow".
A "wind-shadow" that is large enough, can even affect the weather:
(Yes, I'm being followed by a wind shadow...winnnnd shadow, wind shadow...)