i have a 11ft comet sailing dingy which i can sail quite well my self now but need a tad of advice about trimming the sails. ive read a few books to get the info i want but i find that there are 2 or 3 opinions..
so heres the questions. on calm days ( 5mh or under) should the sail be quite flat?one of the books i have recommends flat which i think might be because it suggests the wind doesn't have much power in it so a flat sail will excelerate the boat well but not get a fast pace ...
the other book i have says that on very calm days the sail needs to be almost the opposite to flat. mainly to get the draft to be 40-45 % back from the leading edge and have a thick draft depth..
i assume as the wind gets faster then the draft depth could be made less and also brought forward..
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