I've often single-handed and consider heaving-to an essential tool. On my boat I can reef the main while hove-to. If the wind is already strong it can take a bit of tweaking to balance the sails.
One lister seemed to indicate that he can heave-to with foresail alone, this I don't understand since my understanding is that you need to balance the foresail and the main? I prefer to have both sails up and furled or reffed than foresail or main alone. Patrick Wesley C & C 24 The Boat Sidney, BC Canada On Aug 14, 2015, at 09:34 AM, PME via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Fred and Andy, I have only attempted to hove to once with the LF38 and I did not pay much attention since I was more interested in lunch at the time. On my 29mk1, I played around quite a bit. I found that I could get the 29 to properly heave to with many tweaks but mostly by rolling in the headsail some. Only then would I see the noted slick. Even then, eventually with some gust, wave, or roll I would find the 29 requiring additional tweaking or maintaining forward motion. From what I read this is true with most fin keels, boats that turn on a dime, are not as stable to hove to and start forereaching. I think I read that in Lin and Larry Pardey’s book on storm tactics. Below is a quote on forereaching from John Kretschmer from his recent book which I have enjoyed reading. I do agree that heaving to with forward motion is also comfortable. I hope to better master both techniques. "Forereaching is my preferred tactic for coping with severe weather. In some ways forereaching is similar to heaving-to except that the boat is moving forward, its natural motion, and not crabbing to leeward. By forereaching you trade the slick caused by heaving-to for the stability caused by having some forward motion." Kretschmer, John (2013-09-27). Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea (Kindle Locations 2956-2959). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition. Here is a quote from Lin & Larry Pardey "Figure 1 shows how generally to hold a boat hove-to in those storm-generated seas. Your boat may require different sail or helm adjustments from the four illustrated. The most important factor is to make sure your boat is stopped and drifting down-wind behind its slick. If you find you are forereaching, try tying the tiller more to leeward." - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:37 AM, [email protected] wrote: Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:37:04 -0500 From: Frederick G Street <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Heaving-to - sail ratios for higher winds Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Paul ? from Sail Online: When a sailboat is set in a heave to position, she slows down considerably and keeps moving forward at about 1 to 2 kts, but with a significant amount of drift. The drift creates some turbulence on the water, and that disturbance decreases significantly the sea aggressiveness. This was always my understanding, and has been my experience on my 30mkI and my LF38. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On Aug 14, 2015, at 7:52 AM, PME via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: As I understand it, if your trying to heave to and your moving forward then your either in a current or actually forereaching. - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL
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