1. Yes
2. Yes, but only really when reaching and beating (it's pretty easy to understand when you know something about lift). Still haven't quite worked out the physics on exactly where you want your sails to be with respect to the apparent wind while you are running. And I am sure I could tweak things more than I do.
edited by: Wolfman, Sep 22, 2009 - 05:05 PM
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Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 03:14 PM
1. yes
2. partly, I'm just starting to use it. we sailed our H16 on somewhere between a reach and a broad reach. 17.5 knots with 15 knots of wind.
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Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 03:55 PM
1.Yes- all the books for newbies (me) talk about it and say you must understand it to be an advanced sailor
2.No- there are so many things going on at first but i am trying to get it!
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