now we have nice light winds and we are now
playing with the code zero because it's a fantastic light wind sail that's why
i call it the light wind turbo the code 0 you can actually use also upwind and i'll
show you later where to sheet it but also upwind but you cannot point as high as with
the genoas but you can point about let's say 55 degrees to the true wind sometimes in the light
winds it pays off to use the code 0 upwind but basically it is designed to go from 60
degrees and down to let's say down to 120 degrees going upwind please please only light wind
conditions because here we're talking about only up to eight knots of true wind speed this
is not much but the apparent wind is so powerful in this big sail so maximum eight knots of true
wind speed going upwind it's a different story when you start to bear off down to let's
say 80 90 degrees we are up to let's say up to 18 knots true wind and
when you are below 100 it's up to 20 knots wind speed but it's a great sail
i also have to remember when you go upwind and you want to
sort of tack with the code zero you cannot just sort of tack like normally
you need an extra hand so you need to furl up the code zero as you tack and furl it out
again so it's more work going upwind but as soon as you are going downwind it's
fantastic i'll show you the sheeting points again we're here on the 28th so when you're more
downwind just the sheeting here this is also the position for the spinnaker you can use it in the
same position going more upwind you need to get closer to the center hull so you have to
move this snapshackle block to here when we are racing or if you have a longer run on the same
tack i always take the windward code 0 sheet the other one here and put the block here and this way
with the two winches i can play with the different sheeting angles and it is very important
that you have the right angle because the better the sail sits the faster the boats are
sailing that's as simple as that one more very important thing is when you want to furl
up the code 0 and the wind increases a bit always and always go downwind never go up
into the wind you kill the sail it's too hard to furl and this furling system is not designed
in strong winds to furl it upwind go downwind like with spinnaker and then you furl it in the
wind shade of the mainsail and this is i can only say it it's very important and even when we are
racing always we always bear off quickly to furl up the code 0 and this way when you use
the sail this way it's great fun it really is one more important thing with the code
zero again you can sheet it here and here but before you fold in the hulls it's very important
also to take this block away because we don't have room between the wing and the center hull
this goes for the 28 and the 40 model and also the 25, on the 32 there is no problem i
also forgot to mention that if you have stronger winds where you don't use the code
zero going upwind i can only recommend just to lower it and pack on the deck like a big
sausage because you have a lot of windage and also not least when it's furled
when you have it up and it's furled always make sure to lock the furling
line otherwise it will roll out again and again this is also important you can lock it
up on the forward cleat on the foredeck just make it secure like a mooring line
so these are basic things but important regarding the code 0 how to operate
the sail or how to trim the sail this is a nice laminated sail so as
you see you can see the telltales so this is basically like a big head
sail so you just sheet it and helm the boat as if this was a normal genoa
so you find your course and you pull in the sheets so the telltales sit right or if you
go upwind you sheet in tight and you just steer on the telltales so just consider
this as a normal headsail and not like a gennaker or anything else this is
just a flat big genoa just a very nice strong material so i think we will furl it up peter so one last thing i also recommend to furl let's say
clockwise so you always furl it in the same direction as we have a fiber luff
what do you call it a torsion line right so the torsion line likes to be operated
in the same way at all times so i can only say personally I furl it clockwise and
i recommend everybody else to do it so okay peter you let the sheet go and again always
do it downwind so it's easy behind the main sail and now i'll show you the last thing just put the line on the cleat
here so the sail doesn't furl out when not intended that can
be quite dangerous this is the safe way off we go for the code 0 here
it is also quite essential to have enough luff tension so it's not enough just
to pull it up by hand you have to pull the luff tension quite hard because if it sags too
much two things the sail sits not so nice but it can also be difficult to furl the sail but
focus is of course on the shape of the sail so just set the luff of the code zero
quite hard what you can pull with one hand on the low gear on the winch
with the code 0 halyard
