Avon Prindle 15 - Balance; Righting

"snap" across so be ready for it. Have your crew bring
the jib
to the new side. Move to the side of the boat and
pick up the hiking stick.
BALANCE
Your Prindle Catamaran will sail faster and easier if
it is sailed on its "lines" so that the water flows across
the hull as
it was designed to do.
Note how the transom
is almost under water and
the bows are very high. The sailors are too far aft -
MOVE FORWARD!
Bows are too low
and transoms are too high out of
the water. Sailors are too far forward - MOVE AFI1
Trim fore and aft here is good, but there is too much
-
32-
weight on one side for the light air. Move the crew to
the middle or leeward side.
When balance
is proper, the leeward bow will be
between 6
and 12 inches out of the water and the
weather hull will just touch the water. The idea is to sink
the leeward hull
deep into the water, thereby using the
hull to reduce side slippage.
RIGHTING
Even the best sailors flip occassionally, so prepare
your boat for the inevitable. Install a righting line
according to instructions
in Section I - Assembly.
The boat will lose speed as it raises up on one hull
and usually flips over slowly. Sit down on the flat
surface of
the hull.