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Trimming Tips

     Upwind Settings (wind angle 40-45° apparent): Tack line tight, tweaker on so that the angle of the spinnaker sheet off the deck is 45°. Once the sail is drawing, ease the halyard down until the luff load eases enough to project, or ease the cunningham on the tack, until the luff starts to get wrinkles.
     Reaching Settings (wind angle 50-80° apparent): Halyard up all the way, tack line eased, sheet angle about 30 degrees, cunningham on, luff projecting forward, draft forward, some twist in the leech.
     Blast Reaching Settings (wind angle 90-110° apparent): Tack eased, halyard tight, sheet eased, no tweaker.
     If you have a furling Code Zero, remember to tighten the halyard when furling the sail; the furling unit will not work properly without a lot of load on the bearings on the furling unit.

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Your browser does not support iframes.		Upwind Settings (wind angle 40-45° apparent): Tack line tight, tweaker on so that the angle of the spinnaker sheet off the deck is 45°. Once the sail is drawing, ease the halyard down until the luff load eases enough to project, or ease the cunningham on the tack, until the luff starts to get wrinkles. Reaching Settings (wind angle 50-80° apparent): Halyard up all the way, tack line eased, sheet angle about 30 degrees, cunningham on, luff projecting forward, draft forward, some twist in the leech. Blast Reaching Settings (wind angle 90-110° apparent): Tack eased, halyard tight, sheet eased, no tweaker. If you have a furling Code Zero, remember to tighten the halyard when furling the sail; the furling unit will not work properly without a lot of load on the bearings on the furling unit.