The right tune
Hello,
We do far more static (dockside) tunes than dynamic, partly because, after long practice, we are generally able to get mighty close to right at dockside, and partly because too few of our clients want to pay us to sail around the bay with them. But one should always at least start with a static tune, and get as close to right at possible. That way the dynamic tune is a matter of refinement. If you leave the dock with no tune, it is extremely difficult to get one under way.
And a cruiser's tune does not need to be quite as obsessive as a racer's, true, but this is largely because the system context is so much more refined on a racer ó closer tolerances due to less elastic materials and configurations, and tweezy hulls. But that isn't the same as saying that a tune matters less to a cruising boat. The right tune is an elusive item.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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