So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail while
they're "trimming" it?

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So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail while
they're "trimming" it?

Look at the knot log....

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Feel the wind and the boat, close your eyes grasshopper.

"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail
while
they're "trimming" it?

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Hey Grasshopper,

How can you tell if you have horizontal or vertical wrinkles , how can
you tell if the top batten is parallel to the boom if you don't look?
How can you tell, or for that matter, why put tell-tales on the sail if
you aren't going to look at them?

When I tack I want my main sail trimer to ease the traveler enough to
get speed back to where it was and then follow me as I work back upwind.
I don't want to direct each move every single time. Not with experience
crew. LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING!

Ole Thom

Gerard Weatherby wrote:

So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail while
they're "trimming" it?

You mean like with scissors?

Actually, the mainsail trimmer should have a scan pattern, primarily looking at
the horizon and the helm (and the helmsperson's hands: how clenched they are is
a key to what needs to happen with the main). Definitely the trimmer should
look up at the sail, in fact should check several reference points on the sail
(leach ribbons, luff, upper camber, lower camber, etc etc) but should not stare
fixedly at the sail the whole time.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:00:48 -0400, Gerard Weatherby
wrote this crap:

So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail while
they're "trimming" it?

NOT to look?




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I believe your shot was aimed too high, Gerald.

Scotty

"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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So how many folks in ASA train their crew not to look at the mainsail
while
they're "trimming" it?

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:31:58 -0400, "Scott Vernon" wrote:

I believe your shot was aimed too high, Gerard.

Yep. Shouldn't have posted anything, anyway.

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