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When to raise or lower the spinnaker pole?

When to raise or lower the spinnaker pole?

It’s important to understand that raising the pole flattens the spinnaker. Pole angle — When you are sailing with the apparent wind at 120 degrees or greater, the spinnaker pole should generally be square to your apparent wind. For example, let’s say you’re racing on a broad reach with the apparent wind at 140 degrees.

What makes the draft move in a spinnaker?

Draft Position — The position of draft in a spinnaker is controlled by the relative heights of the clews. The old maxim “make the clews even” is not so true any more. On a reach, judicious clew juggling affects the draft position. Lowering the tack moves the draft forward and adds twist. Raising the tack lets the draft aft.

What do you need to know about spinnaker trim?

Since we don’t have many hard numbers to describe spinnaker trim, let’s talk about some general rules of thumb that every trimmer can use. The basic principle behind spinnaker shape control is simple. The closer the leeches are to each other, the deeper the sail is. In this regard the spinnaker functions very much like a mainsail or genoa.

Where does the power go in a car starter?

You’ll see that power flows from the battery to the ignition switch. In the start position, power flows to a fuse and then to the transmission range selector (auto trans) or park/neutral switch (manual trans). If the transmission is in either Park or Neutral, power flows to the control coil portion of the starter relay.

Why does my starter keep spinning when the key is off?

Even though you have turned your key off, if the switch inside the solenoid is stuck on and is allowing power to flow from the big lead coming directly from the battery, to the big lead going to the starter motor, it will keep spinning, as long as, the switch allows power to flow.

It’s important to understand that raising the pole flattens the spinnaker. Pole angle — When you are sailing with the apparent wind at 120 degrees or greater, the spinnaker pole should generally be square to your apparent wind. For example, let’s say you’re racing on a broad reach with the apparent wind at 140 degrees.

Draft Position — The position of draft in a spinnaker is controlled by the relative heights of the clews. The old maxim “make the clews even” is not so true any more. On a reach, judicious clew juggling affects the draft position. Lowering the tack moves the draft forward and adds twist. Raising the tack lets the draft aft.

Why does my ls1lt1 starter keep spinning?

Turn key to start, full power is coming through the test light. Turn key off, a small amount of power is coming through the test light still, and the solenoid is still engaged. Disconnect battery, solenoid disengages and no power is detected in the wire after reconnecting battery.

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Ruth Doyle