I agree with Dwight. You should be able to heave to with any headsail, because conditions may require it.
That said, I prefer not to have my headsail backing against the spreaders, so I prefer rolling up to no more than a 110 or so before heaving to. Cheers Colin On 11/10/12, Marek Fluder <[email protected]> wrote: > On my 24 I need to reduce the headsail to a handkerchief. > Otherwise main and tiller are not able to keep it balanced. > I think it's because my boat is not heavy and freeboard helps pushing the > bow down. > > Marek Fluder > C&C24 "Emilie" > Hamilton Harbour, ON > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:32 PM, 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] >> >> > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
