[quote=klozhald]CatFan57,
Good advice here. You cannot change the laws of physics, if I may paraphrase Scotty.
In any beachcat, you are doing well to sail 45 degrees off the true wind direction. Closer than that requires a hybrid sailing craft. National 18-2 champion sailors like Richard Loufek (the designer of the Two), and Jay Glaser used to pump the mainsail and the tiller going upwind- using the waves if possible. They did this because the sails for the Two are cut for off-wind sailing, at which it excels.
In my experience, having difficulty going to weather in my Two has been a problem with my main sail. I had trouble with the controls, I thought, in flattening out the main for upwind sailing. The truth was I needed to [i][b]replace[/b][/i] the bolt rope sewn into the luff of my mainsail, as it had shrunk a lot and would not allow the luff to stretch enough, even though I increased the purchase in the downhaul. After I replaced the bolt rope (and the bungee inside the boom for the outhaul), sail control became a pleasure again - and sailing to weather with it.
Other considerations on the Two are the amount of mast rotation, loose vs. pre-tightened diamond wires, and are you constantly watching the luff on your jib to see if you are pinching, either unintentionally or on purpose?[/quote]
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