Techniques Used To Promote Planing in A Sailing Boat
Planing in a sailboat designed for it is promoted by the usual techniques for increasing speed:
- Sailing on a reach or broad reach to begin
- Raising the centreboard or daggerboard
- Keep the hull level, trapeze if necessary
in addition to these:
- Moving the crew weight increasingly towards the rear to begin and to sustain planing
- Flicking or pumping the sails (although there are restrictions on doing this in a race)
While planing, it is important to steer through the waves, avoiding any collision with the wave in front.
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