MasterMike
D22
I practiced a couple hours of tacking Saturday to figure out the roll tack. Everything is getting a bit better - the biggest error seems to oversteering, nearly every time. It defeats all the gains of a good tack, causing you to correct again back to close-hauled and eliminating your momentum.
The steps in the order I was practicing were:
-heal to leeward to begin round up
-tiller extension bent through mainsheet gap to begin turning
(here I think I may be too sudden in my turning, slowing the boat down)
-sheet in as I heal the boat towards me (windward) to keep the sail full
-heal the boat way down to windward as the boom comes across
(this is still hard to get yourself used to if you've ever gone in backwards)
-stand up / move up to the new rail
(here may be the trouble - I see people with their tiller hand grabbing the rail to help pull themselves up. The tiller is still turned way over at this point)
-somewhere in here I am sheeting out a bit
-sit on the new rail (tiller hand behind you) and heal it down, but not too fast
-sheet in as it comes down flat and the apparent wind moves forward.
Now, most times I did all these things reasonably well, but nearly every time, as I switched sides I still had the tiller turned and continued to turn way past close hauled, ruining the acceleration.
What am I doing or not doing at the right time?
Thanks-
The steps in the order I was practicing were:
-heal to leeward to begin round up
-tiller extension bent through mainsheet gap to begin turning
(here I think I may be too sudden in my turning, slowing the boat down)
-sheet in as I heal the boat towards me (windward) to keep the sail full
-heal the boat way down to windward as the boom comes across
(this is still hard to get yourself used to if you've ever gone in backwards)
-stand up / move up to the new rail
(here may be the trouble - I see people with their tiller hand grabbing the rail to help pull themselves up. The tiller is still turned way over at this point)
-somewhere in here I am sheeting out a bit
-sit on the new rail (tiller hand behind you) and heal it down, but not too fast
-sheet in as it comes down flat and the apparent wind moves forward.
Now, most times I did all these things reasonably well, but nearly every time, as I switched sides I still had the tiller turned and continued to turn way past close hauled, ruining the acceleration.
What am I doing or not doing at the right time?
Thanks-