Sail Trim (part 1): Forces of lift verses push

[@elbacha44]

best explanation ever. I could even better understand than in my mother language. Thanks and best regards from Germany

[@scottmechanical]

Thank you “Coach”... we are learning so much from you! Keep it up and we’ll make you proud when we finally buy a boat and invite you to come with us.

[@SailFanatics]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@levytavares5451]

Excelente! Agradeço pela clara explicação.

[@leecollins2640]

Do you route your jib sheets aft outside the shrouds then back through the life lines at the car or do you leave them routed inside the shrouds and life lines directly from the clew to the car? Thank you

[@SailFanatics]

Depends on size of jib/height of clew and location of shrouds. Closehauled, you want the sail to trim as inboard as practicable, so inboard of lifelines would be desirable. For a large jib/low clew sail, your sheet would go outboard of shrouds. For a smaller jib/higher clew, you can often run the sheet inboard of the uppers/outboard of the lowers. If the shrouds are located outboard (to the toerail/topsides), then you want to try to run the sheet for any jib size inside one or more shrouds. When reaching, you want to move the sheet forward and outboard, when racing I add temp tie a short sheet through a block on the toerail, outside the lifelines.