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Hi all,
Thought I’d provide an update (albeit 4 years later) that might help some folks. I did in fact end up installing a Cunningham as suggested. If you’re not having too much fun when the winds get up to 15 or so like us, I highly recommend this upgrade/modification to your old boat!!! It made a world of difference and made our sailing much less stressful. Interestingly, we found that after adding the Cunningham, vang adjustments seemed to have more of a noticeable effect, as one of the earlier posts alluded to.
Thanks for the replies– this is super helpful. Sounds like we’re on the right track, but we’re at the point that some upgrades are needed. Will make installing a Cunningham this year’s off season project and see how that helps.
Regarding the vang, Sean’s description of the “ugly dance” sounds pretty familiar and nicely describes what we experience. If I can summarize, it sounds like the decision on the vang is a balance between boat control and spilling wind. Cranking on hard on the vang will help with boat control …but only up until the point where the boat is still overpowered… at which point easing to spill wind will help to depower, but we will lose some control.
Will definitely try these suggestions out and I’ll try to post what we’ve found to help the most in case others have the same questions. Thanks for all the help!
