Great input all, thanks!
I was taught to heave-to on a J-24 in a basic keelboat class more than a decade
ago. Don't recall exactly what we were flying for a genoa at the time. If I
recall correctly, the basic procedure was to tack on a close reach, don't
release the genoa sheet, let the main all the way out, put the tiller all the
way over toward the main. And the instructor added, different boats are
different, you may have to experiment a bit. So that is basically where I
started. I assumed incorrectly that the main had to be all the way out. I've
always had the boom out beyond the toe rail, with the main luffing a bit. Next
season I'll play with the size of the genoa and the position of the main.
This is really just an effort to improve my understanding and boathandling.
Agree it's best to keep the genoa off the spreaders and the shrouds. I've
always furled it in until the clew was just forward of the shrouds and the
sheets were lying against the PVC covers over the turnbuckles.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:40:28 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Stus-List Heaving-to
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 BrassImzadi
-1976 C&C 38 mk1la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1Washington, NC From: CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Mark G
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:33 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
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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