Steve, If I remember the explanation correctly it was because the boat settles right down and there's no drama with flogging sails, you can relax and take your time, even when short handed.
If staying on course to reef, does that count when the wind is aft of the beam or does one head up? Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:45 AM, OldSteveH <[email protected]> wrote: > Two questions > > Steve - what was the reason the CYA folks taught you to heave-to in order > to > reef? I would never think to do that but am sure there must be a situation > where it makes sense, eg single handed and no autohelm? > > Andy - whats the Harken or Antal track do? When you head down isn't the > main > going to be on your spreaders and shrouds? > > I have always reefed by staying on course, and letting the main shake while > putting in the reef. > It seems to me that a shaking sail is easiest to get down due to loose > cars/slugs, and the boat's also heeling less at that point. > > One thing DG does not have is a tack reef so that is a small project for > this year, ie to completely manage the main from the cockpit. > We generally have good wind where we are and I do find the 34 needs a reef > fairly often. > > Cheers > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 08:51:03 -0500 > From: Stevan Plavsa <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > Message-ID: > < > caddevn6ugjcu0o92jfsk1nek6qfgecpy7p-tzcugcxwz3nh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > When I did my CYA basic heaving to was one of the first things we learned, > then we learned to reef the main while hove to. No flapping. Not saying > it's > the right way, just the way I was taught. When I was learning I took > everything the instructor said as gospel. I'm still learning and now, > mostly > off of this list :) > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Andrew Burton > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Sometimes we'll heave to to reef. But if I have a Harken or Antal > > track or the like, I'm more likely to turn dead downwind and pull the > > sail down that way. The benefits to doing that include the fact that > > waves won't be sweeping the deck and the apparent wind is less. > > my old Dad always used to tell me that the best time to reef is when > > you first think about it. I've never regretted taking that advice. > > > > Andy > > C&C 40 > > Peregrine > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Stevan Plavsa > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Don't you guys heave to when you need to reef the main? > >> > >> Steve > >> Suhana, C&C 32 > >> Toronto > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] >
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