TUNE YOUR FOR OUTRIGHT SPEED

Catalina 22 Tuning Guide Rev Q07 Photo Cece Stoldt Thank you for choosing North Sails for Tuning On the Water your Catalina 22. We hope using this Sailing upwind with moderate tuning guide will help you get the most Before Sailing on, sight up the backside of the mast from your new North Sails. Please feel First loosen shrouds until they are checking that it is straight. Tighten free to call us if you have any questions. somewhat loose. or loosen lower shrouds until mast is straight side-to-side. Your mast is now Our goal is to give you a rig set up that is Mast Rake tuned for moderate winds. The reason for checking the mast while sailing is that fast in all conditions and easy to adjust. The mast rake is probably the single most important element of tuning your boat. the shrouds will stretch slightly under Some relatively minor modifications are Note the mast rake should vary from fixed load. We want to make sure the mast is necessary to the standard Catalina 22 to swing keels with swing keels having straight, especially side-to-side, under . deck layout in order to get the most from slightly less rake. your boat and sails. Start with boat sitting on its lines in the Sail Trim water. Hang a weight from the end of the General main and off halyard with Light Air (0-8 knots) weight and 12” below the . Tracks Measure distance from the aft face of the Main We have found it a huge advantage to mast to where the halyard crosses the should be tensioned so clew is install inboard genoa lead tracks. These boom. This measurement should be 8” 1-2” in from band. /halyard should be 2-3’ long centered on the aft for fixed keels, 6-7” for swing keels. Adjust should be loose so there are horizontal edge of the cabin. The track should be the headstay turnbuckle to achieve wrinkles coming off mast. 2” out from the intersection of the deck desired measurement. and the side of the cabin. Before drilling Traveler should be centered or slightly to make sure you have access underneath Tighten backstay until snug, no slack. windward. Adjust mainsheet tension so the deck for bolting down the track. Be Remove weight from halyard, attach top telltale is flying 90% of the time. Note: careful of wiring for deck lights a tape measure to halyard and haul to Top batten will be slightly outboard of top of mast. Measure from side to side parallel to boom, this may be impossible Rollers tightening or loosening upper shrouds in very light wind. A good idea to improve tacking is to install until mast is centered. shroud rollers on the upper and forward Genoa lower shrouds. Install 36” rollers on the Now start tightening upper shrouds until Tension genoa halyard so that there is a forward lowers and 12” rollers on the they have show 28 on the gauge. Tighten hint of wrinkles in the luff. Be careful not upper shrouds. forward lowers until they show 24 on the to over tension. Adjust genoa lead fore gauge. Tighten aft lowers until they are and aft so luff breaks evenly (roughly 30” Adjustable Backstay 24 on the gauge too. To measure shroud forward of deck drain). If top telltales luff In order to properly control the shape tension use a Loos Model A Tension first, move car forward. If bottom telltales of the genoa and it is a big help Gauge. The end result here is to have the luff first, move car back. to have a easily adjustable and fairly mast straight fore and aft with a small powerful backstay. Give us a call or refer amount of rake to give the boat some Backstay should be adjusted so you have to back issues of the “Mainsheet” for “bite” upwind. about 6” of say. ideas how to set one up. Now you’re ready to go sailing! Upwind, trim your sail so it is approximately 4-6” away from the end of the .

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Catalina 22 Tuning Guide Rev Q07 Photo Cece Stoldt Moderate Air Tension Gauge Conversion *Please note that the above trim settings Chart Main should be taken as starting points only. Over the past few year Loos Co. has Pull foot out to band-traveler in center. These are meant to show the range of introduced it’s new style PT-1, 2 and Tension mainsheet so top telltale flies settings from light to heavy air. We have 3 professional tension gauges to the 70% of time; top batten will be parallel or found it useful to keep a logbook every market. Since many of us are replacing our slightly in board of parallel. This helps to time we go sailing to note fast settings or older model A and B gauges with these generate power. Tension main halyard/ ideas. new models we are posting the following cunningham to just remove horizontal conversion chart for your convenience. wrinkles in luff. Contact Us Genoa MODEL A MODEL PT-1 Trim so sail is 2-3” from end of For more information, visit the North 3/32 1/8 5/32 spreader. Tension backstay to medium Sails One Design website at: 5 6 10 9 setting. This will straighten headstay onedesign.com and slightly flatten sail (3-4” of sag). If 15 12 14 20 16 16 sailing in waves and chop, move genoa For any questions you may have on 25 20 19 lead forward 1-2 holes to generate more tuning your Catalina 22, contact our class 28 23 21 power. 30 22 experts: 35 27 25 38 30 28 Alec Camet 619-226-1415 40 33 30 Heavy Air [email protected] 42 33 44 36 Main Brian Hayes 203-783-4238 45 38 Outhaul out to band - max tight. Tension [email protected] 46 39 halyard or cunningham hard to keep 47 40 Ched Proctor 203-783-4239 forward. Tension aft lower shrouds [email protected] to keep mast from bending too much. Model B Model PT-2 PT-3 Backstay on very tight. Top batten should Chris Snow 619-226-1415 3/16 7/32 1/4 9/32 be outside of parallel. Traveler should be [email protected] 10 11 dropped to leeward all the way. Tension 15 13 18 15 the vang tight enough so that the boom 20 16 18 does not go up when the mainsheet is 22 18 20 eased. This will allows you to “vang sheet” 24 19 22 to keep boat on its feet. Remember, flat 26 21 24 is fast. Play the mainsheet aggressively in 28 23 25 30 25 27 25 the puffs to keep the boat flat. 32 27 29 27 34 29 31 29 Genoa 33 31 Tighten halyard quite tight to keep draft 36 33 6 forward. Move lead 1-2 holes aft of light 37 36 7 37 9 air position. Trim sail so it is 3-4” off end 10 of spreader. Tighten backstay very tight 11 to make headstay as straight as possible 12 and flatten sail. 14 16 18 20 25 3

Catalina 22 Tuning Guide Rev Q07 Photo Cece Stoldt NORTH SAILS ONE DESIGN QUALITY CONTROL CHECK

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Catalina 22 Tuning Guide Rev Q07 Photo Cece Stoldt