On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:45:41 -0500, Richard
wrote:

On 10/11/2014 7:14 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:

But them it's Gunner. So ...

A couple of things: First, consistent race winners in small boats
often win because they *ignore* what the designer intended, and
instead shape everything in a way they know is more likely to win.

While that's true, the reason behind it it those people have enough
experience with the boats they race to design it in the first place.

Not so true for the casual sailor or newby.

Yes, I learned that when I used to sail behind Marilyn Tripp (women's
Hobie 14 Nat'l Champion) and Derrick Fries (six world championships in
Sunfish and Force 5), and try to figure out why their sails looked so
beautiful and mine looked like a bedsheet on a clothesline. g

Here's Derrick. He is a sail-trim maestro:

http://www.experts.com/Profile/Resum...?ResumeID=5847

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Ed Huntress