Aug22
Sailing with Keith
Notes on our outing with Keith Whittemore.
Aaron Koopman’s comments are in italics.
Tuning
Mast position: The boat was designed with the keel too far aft. This means the center of effort of the sail plan is not in line with the center of resistance of the hull. That’s why the mast needs to be shortened, and moved aft. Keith only uses the Loos gauge in two situations. The first is when the mast goes into the boat. Basically he gets the shrouds set up so there is a separation of 4 on the gauge; he starts at 21/17 (uppers/lowers) or 24/20. The second situation is when it is blowing really hard and you want to get the shroud tension in the neighborhood of 34 on the outers (-4 or 31 on the inners) before you hit the water.
