| | | Downwind: 1. The vang set as above will get you pretty close to the right trim. 2. As soon as you crack off bit, even as little as 30, ease the traveler down in 3" increments until the boat balances and drives well. 3. 60 and deeper, the traveler will be all the way out and you will start to ease the mainsheet. The leech should be set correctly, assuming the vang was tightened as above and all your tell tails flowing aft. With a battened mainsail (Classic), you normally keep the top batten parallel to the boom.. .and you do this with the boom vang. Obviously, with vertical battens there you will need to eyeball it. If the top batten is falling off to leeward you need to tighten the vang to bring it back in line with the boom. 4. With the leech trimmed this way, both tell tails should fly aft 95% of the time. | | |