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Hello!
Apreciate your advice very much. Indeed I guess the key you mention is the little touch down I need to take on the tiller and look then for building up my way up on speed.
I have a Speedpuck I will now use to nail this down and get experience/feeling on when I really sail fast upwind.
I also get your point for tacks; this is just about training...
Thanks again for sharing
Arnaud
aerO 1219 - Wimereux (France)
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21/10/2015 07:40:40
ArnaudBou
Posts: 13
Arnaud,
Curiously, I found myself feeling the other way around: in all conditions I am starting to understand my Aero 7 better upwind than downwind. Reaching is in fact a prime as the boat is a born reacher.
As soon as you get a little load on the rig, the boat likes to sail flat, thanks to the rig and sail configuration it can point very high at the expense of speed, so one must be careful on not get too high and stall the flow. Flat is fast. Sail a touch down and the boat will do the rest.
Due to the lack of momentum (the boat is too light) the tacks can be tricky if you don't accelerate quick after the tack is completed, so put "the bow down" accelerate, flatten the boat and then come back up. Speed is king on light boats since the "delta" is too big.
I have not found the sweet spot yet on the boom angle in reference to the hull and it is taking me a little longer since I don't have any other boats to compare against, but I do get in the groove relatively easy by keeping in mind that speed rules.
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Curiously, I found myself feeling the other way around: in all conditions I am starting to understand my Aero 7 better upwind than downwind. Reaching is in fact a prime as the boat is a born reacher.
As soon as you get a little load on the rig, the boat likes to sail flat, thanks to the rig and sail configuration it can point very high at the expense of speed, so one must be careful on not get too high and stall the flow. Flat is fast. Sail a touch down and the boat will do the rest.
Due to the lack of momentum (the boat is too light) the tacks can be tricky if you don't accelerate quick after the tack is completed, so put "the bow down" accelerate, flatten the boat and then come back up. Speed is king on light boats since the "delta" is too big.
I have not found the sweet spot yet on the boom angle in reference to the hull and it is taking me a little longer since I don't have any other boats to compare against, but I do get in the groove relatively easy by keeping in mind that speed rules.
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21/10/2015 06:19:53
velasailingsupply
Posts: 7
Hello everyone,
Just sailed my Aero 7 N°1219 last week-end in France (Boulogne) for the first time on a race course with 15 Lasers around; pretty happy with the starts, the reaches and downwind legs, fairly frustrated though while beating..
Won't be surprising the audience saying I didnt' find yet neither the sweetspot nor the groove... Can anyone help? (until I get some peers araound to sail with..)
How low should I sail updwind to get the extra speed? Any tip to start planing and then step on apparent wind? I guess I need to sail her as a skiff instead, flat and low, looking for the groove. Am I right? Any point of reference, angle to apparent wind, trim level, ?...
Thanks for your help
Arnaud
aerO 1219 - Wimereux (France)
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30/09/2015 17:22:08
ArnaudBou
Posts: 13
