Hi Mark, I'm no expert but it would seem to me you need a fairly small head-sail to get most any boat to heave to properly as the head-sail is normally backwinded as part of heaving to. Back-winding a sail much bigger than a 100% would put it hard on the spreaders which isn't going to be good for the sail or for airflow around the sail.
Ciao. Ken Heaton (& Anne Tobin) S/V Salazar - Can 54955 C&C 37/40 XL - Hull # 67 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia On 10 November 2012 14:32, Mark G <[email protected]> wrote: > > After 6 years of experimenting on an infrequent basis I was finally able > to easily and repeatedly heave-to my 25 Mk1 this year. I sail with a > 135-140% Genoa on a furler. On the day everything clicked it was furled to > about 100-110%. Since then, I have made furling the Genoa to 100-110% the > first step of heaving-to. It makes sense to me that, since heaving-to is > all about balancing the sails, sail area forward would be a significant > factor. But on a boat without a furler this can't be accomplished without > a sail change, etc. So I'm thinking the same thing might be accomplished > by positioning the main sail with the sheet or the traveler. Can anybody > weigh in on their experience, particularly with the 25 Mk1? > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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