Jib trim

I keep reading this document over and over and get something new every time. It took me 2 years to learn this on the water and here it was in the "instructions" all along. This stuff about having the tell tails flowing straight back is written by someone who wants to sail faster than you. In all but light conditions, the inside telltale should be active, lifting slightly to a 45 degree angle above straight aft. This insures that you are sailing as close to the wind as possible. In more wind velocity, as the boat heels over and generates weather helm (the tendency of the bow to turn into the wind, requiring correction with wheel or tiller), the helmsperson should not fight the helm, but allow the boat to “feather.” The inside telltales will lift and stand straight up (hence, “feather”). At this point angle of heel becomes the overriding concern, not the telltales. Keep the boat on its feet, and feather the telltales, don’t fight the helm. If the boat is allowed to head up slightly, the heel, and consequently the helm will stay balanced. http://l-36.com/sailtrim/Headsail_Trim_Guide.pdf Allen