improving performance

[kds]

The corribee goes quite well for its waterline length and is a far better seaboat than its size suggests. The suggestions to improve sails are sound - but it will never plane under sail and so your dinghy experience is going to keep you frustrated.
Get a cat.
Ken

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[Paddy_OReally]

do you know that seems a very good idea. we have here in athlone a lady that repairs sails for people on the lake. i might get her to put some batten pockets in the main but have them extended a touch to give a better shape.
i have added tell tales to tyhe number one and two genoas which helps in trimming. i am surprised by the amount of drive that the genoas give. in my dinghy racing experience most of the drive comes from the main. i have also noticed that there is no rake to the mast. also the mast step is slightly off to one side and not on the centerline of the boat. do you think this will affect performance.

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[Becky]

I'm surprised that nobody has yet suggested increasing the waterline length. We all know that the longer the waterline, the longer the wavelenght of the bow wave, and the greater the speed potential. So why don't you extend the bow by a few feet with a polystyrene block, suitably shaped, and do the same at the stern. Then with the greater bouyancy so gained, you can fit a wing between the keels, with maybe a daggerboard to deepen the draught, and then increase the height of the rig. Now that should go well. And maybe not look too bad either!

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[Twister_Ken]

Swings and roundabouts

also the mast step is slightly off to one side and not on the centerline of the boat. do you think this will affect performance.

You'll go faster on one tack or gybe and slower on the other. So no overall loss of performance.

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