America's Cup

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Originally Posted by em2nought

Is this what you're seeing?


It makes a sail "tighter" so it catches the wind better so the boat goes faster. Most often you can't go in the exact direction you want to go so you have to zig zag back and forth constantly switching which side of the mast your jib sail is on and cranking on those winches to pull in your jib sail

ALLOW Me! up close and personal on one of the catalina's new winches where I'm the portside 'grinder' managing a 150% jib (fully deployed in a 20 knot wind...and a 3' swell managing a 150% jib (fully deployed in a 20 knot wind) off Mare Island B 4 performing serious steward duty; with what's left of my cramping tired hands with a corkscrew with my sta'brd 'grinder' (with a libation to the sea-gods for our safety!) We're both too old to swim for it! These BBYS are really dangerous and One British sailor, Andrew James Simpson,MBE an Olympic gold medalist for Swedish team Artemis Racing, died in a tragic accident after his boat capsized during testing in the San Francisco Bay. Crew members now carry air, knives, and body armor that can help save them in the event of an accident. Dagger boards allow for 40 knots (by meager comparison: the Catalina will do 8 knots on a 30-40 degree list which is fast enough imjo) or about 55 mph. ie: its own hull length every second! (Costs for the 2017 will actually be about half, due to the smaller boats that measure 50 feet instead of the previous 72 feet.) This is not sailing: this is flying! ... til you're not-kinda suddenlike!: