I heave-to with Belle fairly frequently to socialize, eat lunch, sunbathe, etc. She has a 155 headsail most of the time, and occasionally in higher winds a 110 lapper.
To heave-to on starboard tack I start on port and sheet in the genoa tight as I turn into the wind. Boom is close to the centerline of the boat. Once the boat stalls and the genoa is back winded, the boat will start to fall off to starboard. Tiller goes as far to port as possible and gets lashed off. Traveler is moved up or down until the boat stops and oscillation is acceptable. Generally the end of the boom is about 1 to 2 feet below the centerline of the boat. I adjust the mainsheet and vang, and the genoa cars, as needed to spill wind out of the top of the sails depending on how hard the wind is blowing. In lighter winds the boat basically parks. I’ve done it a time or two in a brief squall, and the boat makes headway and leeway at around ½ knot. Practice in wind under 10 knots, it is pretty easy to do. Rick Brass Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark G Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List Heaving-to 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
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