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tomodda wrote:How do you get your CB further forward than vertical? I thought it was vertical when CB handle is all the way down on the bilge (which is where i usually have it). I suppose that pushing the CB further forward than vertical would throw the Center of Lateral Resistance forward an inch or two, giving a tad more weather helm. But you can do that anyway simply by sitting yourself a bit further forward. Anyway, yes, I see the post from 2015 where "Tim Webb" mentions it. Must be a DS2 thing, because I tested lowering/raising the CB handle and watching CB angles on my DS1 when I had it over on it's side for painting. Handle all the way down = CB vertical."
tomodda wrote:...you asked me how long my tiller extension is. 22 inches, but it hinges about 2 inches back from the tip of the tiller. Anyway, seems that it could be longer, I'll whip something up and test. Yes, I could spend money and get an extendable "fancy" one, but for now a nicely turned bit of hardwood will be finer.
tomodda wrote:.. as long as we're writing about "old heads" and local knowledge, I'll tell you a story from my father. He skippered a boat in the 1961 South American Lightning Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay. The last race of the series was out to the offshore harbour entrance buoy and back, which meant sailing past the famous Sugarloaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar). The entire fleet gave it a wide berth to stay out of the wind shadow - it rises 1300 feet straight out of the sea, one big cliff. But one guy - Erik Schmidt, local. from Rio - cut inside the fleet, right along the mountainside. My father followed him (he wasn't anywhere near the point lead anyway). There was a backeddy! - the wind curling over the top of Sugarloaf and completely 180 degrees from the wind out in the middle of the channel! Needless to say, Erik Schmidt won the race and the regatta. Dad came in second for that race, so some pride regained, I suppose. And to top it off, the guys in the committee boat had an actual cannon for the finish gun. Shooting blanks of course, but they forgot to take the ramrod out after tamping down the charge... they put it right thru Erik's mainsail, nearly taking his head off to cap off the race! Fun times had by all Anyway, local knowledge is HUGE, although most of the time all I want to know is "Where's that damn channel?!?"
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