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Controls And Adjustments

 

While many of the other racing sailboats have a large number of adjustments, the Windmill was designed to be simple 

while providing all the fundamental abilities to control the shape of the sails, the position of the dagger board, 

the position & shape of the mast, and the ability of the jib to behave like a spinnaker or Genoa downwind.

 

The available controls are as follows:

 

Jib Halyard Tension

Jib Luff Tension

Height Of Mainsail

Cunningham

Vang

Outhaul

Shroud Lengths

Mast Base Position

Mast Position At Deck

Traveler Height

Amount Of Travel

Dagger board Height & Angle

 

 

The Windmill Class Association website has a section called  WINDMILL TUNING NOTES  in which there 

are both simple guides and extensive discussions of theory and application.

 

The Windmill sailors are extremely helpful as individuals and as a group, in sharing their 

experience in tuning for different sailing conditions.

 

 

 

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