The few times I've practice heaving-to (using a jib and without much success or persistence!), I was concerned by the fact that the jib sheet was pulled hard against the shroud. Chafe on the sheet was on my worry list but I was also concerned by the extra load and weird load angle on the shroud. Am I just a bit too paranoid?
Sébastien Lemieux Merlot X - C&C 30 mk2 1987 Mooney Bay - Lake Champlain On Nov 12, 2012, at 9:31, Joe Della Barba wrote: > My boat heaves to quite well under main and jib. All I have to do is tack, > not release the jib sheet, let the sail back on the new tack, and then turn > the boat hard to windward. > It is quite useful to "park" for a bit, but not much used anymore as a storm > survival tactic. If you can still do that, you can likely sail someplace > too. > > > Joe Della Barba > [email protected] > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin > Kilgour > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Heaving-to > > 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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