Main spinnaker Trimmer
Explanation: Here is the explanation: if that is all you do - you are not taking the helm or trimming the sheets or whatever..you are a main trimmer because there can also be someone that helps you..this is for big racing boats: The main trimmer is the one who calls out the pressure to the helmsman.... The most important relationship downwind exists between the spinnaker trimmer and the helmsman because good boat speed is directly related to their communication. When teams are working at peak efficiency, ***the trimmer is speaking (not continually, but consistently)*** about pressure on the spinnaker, thereby helping the helmsman steer the proper angle. As the spinnaker trimmer calls out good pressure in the spinnaker, the helmsman is then free to steer a lower angle, thereby increasing VMG toward the mark. As the pressure on the spinnaker lessens, the helmsman should then consider steering a higher angle, keeping the boat up to speed.
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Here is a description: Close hauled Crew positions should be on rail, unless about to manoeuvre. Positions on the rail are, from the bow backwards: bowman, mast, keyboards, genoa trimmer, ***main trimmer****, helm. Sit on the rail facing outboard, body inside at least one lifeline, legs over the side. Tactician is in cabin, or on stern. Genoa trimmer sometimes has to sit to leeward to trim genoa, other times can set it and sit on rail. Default position is genoa in pretty tight; No. 1 is against spreaders, No. 2 just off spreader, No. 3 simply wound in hard. Sail shape can be adjusted with genoa car; back tightens foot, opens leech, whilst forwards pulls down leech and slackens foot. Default position is sufficient leech tension to give parallel slot with mainsail, and is roughly equal foot and leech tension. Halyard tension also important - tight for better pointing, looser for more power. We rarely adjust this on the beat. Backstay tension should be on high; check with helm that this has been done. The reason it says Main Trimmer is because other positions can help the spinnaker trimmer when necessary.
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Final: Main trimmer Juan Whatever-His-name-Is
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Here\'s Another One: TRIMER DE GÉNOVA: Federico Morales González - TRIMER DE SPI: ***Constante*** Manuel Lorenzo Cabrera - TRIMER DE MAYOR: Marcos Enrique Rodríguez Morales ... www.masmar.com/articulos/art/15,3735,1.html - 20k - Jun 22, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
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In other words, the Spanish uses the idea of constant communication to describe what in English is Main Trimmer..The Spanish uses Constante...logical huh? :)
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