Broad Reach in higher windspeeds / at night

[nfbr]

Originally Posted by fxykty

I’m not sure I understand how your jib alone DDW has the pull up high. Your jib like mine is triangular in shape - mine is quite high aspect as it’s a self-tacker and I’m not sure about yours. But the centre of effort is at least 2/3 of the way down the sail due to the upper very narrow parts.

In 20+ knots (AWS) DDW if we’re feeling a bit lazy we’ll put away the main, barber haul the jib so it’s nicely 90 degrees to the wind and pulling evenly all the way up, and just relax as the boat does all the work. The AP doesn’t work hard at all and wave surfs are plentiful. This may be because we have longer and skinnier hulls than you (helping the tracking) but maybe the mushy feeling in your rudders is lower speed and less water flow?

What do you barber haul to that far forward?
Does your self tacker have a block on it? Could you post a pic or drawing?

[fxykty]

Originally Posted by nfbr

What do you barber haul to that far forward?

Does your self tacker have a block on it? Could you post a pic or drawing?

We transfer all the load on the jib sheet to a secondary sheet that we tie to the clew and lead through a snatch block on the hull rail and back to a winch. This isn’t really a barber haul as that would be a line from a block or LFR on the sheet that pulls the sheet to the side. I just used the term as shorthand, sorry.

The snatch block is about half the distance between the tack and jib sheet lead, about 2.5m forward of the athwartship jib track, so it has a strong downward pull that keeps the leach closed. The foot of the jib is 4.65m and the snatch block is 3.1m from the centreline so the foot is pretty stretched out as well.

[Palarran]

Originally Posted by nfbr

What do you barber haul to that far forward?
Does your self tacker have a block on it? Could you post a pic or drawing?

I don't know what fxykty does, but I run a line from my forward to mid ship cleat, very tight. Then I tie a prusik loop into it so there is an easy adjustment. Then I just tie another line from the prusik to the jib clew and use an easy to release knot. I do this because if for some reason I need to release the line and go back to my regular jib sheet it's a one second action.