All right....I am working on repeating settings.
At the Sun City Regatta this past weekend, RMD came over after the seeding races and put one of those tension metters on my rig. He checked the back stay and said 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. is were it should be. (Thank You Bob)Breeze was 6-8 or so. Then Baron Bremmer came over with a tape and mesured my J- dimension...wasn't were he thought it shoul be, but placed the Jib boom tack hook at 7" and had me slide the jib boom counter weight back a little. What a diiference my boat was screaming!...It helped amazingly...now my questions are....rule of thumb tension settings for all shrouds etc. Is there a base setting that would then be changed as the breeze changes? Tightned as the breeze increases or eased as the breeze lightens? Rig forwad as breeze builds etc, HELP
I would rather wonder why I won than to know exaclty why I lost.