[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=konzekat]
We made some great speed close hauled and reaching. On our way back down south, we tried to get the cat into a broad reach (expect great speed) but every time we did, the jib would start flapping and the tell-tales on the main sail would flutter on the back side. As soon as we turned the boat into more of a reach, the tell tales would straighten out and the jib would catch the wind. At one point I had the mainsheet and jib sheet all the way out but it just didn't matter as we would immediately start to lose speed and have the same issues.
What were we doing wrong?[/quote]
It sounds like you were going too deep downwind. Do you have a bridal wind vane? Or just put some cassette tape streamers on your bridals to judge the apparent wind. Most beachcats don't want to sail deeper than 90 degrees to the APPARENT wind, if you are hooked up and sails are trimmed, and the apparent wind is at 90 degrees (wind indicators streaming sideways) then you are actually going much deeper on the actual wind.
This can be a hard concept to grasp if you came from monohulls, the difference is that beachcats can sail faster than the real wind, creating a big shift in apparent wind.[/quote]
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