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Yeah, Bethwaite is heavy going at times! I have the older High Performance Sailing and recently bought Fast Handling Technique.
In HPS Chap 16, Quest for Speed, p. 185 Bethwaite details his research with a trimaran type format. Interestingly he says, “I had tried all the other hull platform and rig setups, and had concluded from bitter experience that this relatively conventional trimaran setup was superior in the practical world of real unsteady wind and often big waves to all of the others. It was practical, controllable and fast.”
He also mentions they are tremendous fun.
So something of a recommendation for the Weta style configuration.
Perhaps a short summary of FHT would be “loose the cleat”, i.e., in gusts, ease and squeeze.
Hi George,
Thanks for your reply. I think your post is pretty much on the mark.
Pretty new to asymmetric sailing so it is all trial and error at them moment. Thanks for the maths!I got myself a copy of Asymmetric Sailing – it suggests loosening the gennaker halyard and then attempt to swing the gennaker more to windward so it acts more conventionally. I’ll give it a try. As a lake sailor we get plenty of light wind days to try these things out! The modest sailplan works against us in the light wind.
Cheers,
In recent races at Canberra the wind has been light-moderate 6-12 knots. There has been a 14ft Windrush and a similar Nacra sailing recently so it has given me something to gauge my performance in the Weta against. The Weta definitely does better upwind in these conditions. I just cannot find a way to get any comparative speed happening downwind.
All the cats do is point to the mark and wait! In sub-planning conditions the Weta is around Laser performance downwind. Any clues for downwind performance in these conditions?
Hi Miranda,
Hmmm, well it is 963km from Sydney to Melbourne.
I have travelled to Melbourne for a Worlds regatta that lasted a week.
So sure, people may travel long distances, but it would have to be an event of some significance I suggest, other than meeting you of course!
Sound like a terrific opportunity for Colin and his Victorian owners to get together.
A regatta I usually go to is the Twofold Bay Regatta (South Coast NSW) in February each year. In a previous class I sailed a number of Victorians would also attend. So if we could get four NSW/ACT boats and four Victorians it could be a great Weta event.Good luck in Melbourne,
Leigh
