Reef before the wind gets too strong for you and crew to handle comfortsbly
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:49 AM Andrew Burton via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > When do I reef? It depends on the crew: if it's just Tami and I, I reef > pretty early or sail under just 100% jib alone. With a racing crew it > mostly depends on how far we are heeling. Our C&Cs seem to be most > efficient at 22 degrees or less heel when hard on the breeze. Maybe a > little more reaching. When I'm cruising I will happily give up 1/2 or even > a whole knot of speed in exchange for comfort. Then again, other times I > just go for a little more sail than I should for the sheer joy of sailing > the boat. Like a wonderful singlehanded beat back to Newport from Vineyard > Haven one night that was practically my last sail on my C&C 40, Peregrine, > before I sold her. I was ecstatic the whole way with 22 apparent, full main > and number 3 in big waves. What a great boat! > Cheers > Andy > > Andrew Burton > 139 Tuckerman Ave > Middletown, RI > USA 02842 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > > On Oct 30, 2018, at 19:50, Brian Fry via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > After spending a wonderful weekend with a bunch of great folks, Manon > and I sailed back to > > Havre de Grace under the strongest conditions we have been in yet. We > usually stay put if the forecast is over 20. The forecast was 20s with > gusts to 30+. I was looking forward to testing my new rig, especially since > Josh allowed me to use his Loos gauge to check my rig job. Turns out my > tune was quite true. We had been out before, but only at a max of about 20. > > We set sail at the yellow mark outside Nap with 2 reefs in the main and > a full 100 jib. > > Everything was going well, a nice beam reach, until north of the bridge > when the swells got larger and the gusts stronger. The gusts would push us > over to the rails in the water and last for a good 30 seconds, then a swell > would push us a little further. A few times we lost depth indication, a > tell that the transducer was out of the water, or nearly so. Reefing the > jib to 50% made things much more comfortable. We sailed the whole way back > under these conditions. Entering HdG channel was challenging, putting us > close hauled and tacking up the channel to where it ran abeam again. > Thankfully my new sonar allowed for greater tacks outside of the channel, > which freaked out the Admiral. I decided to tack instead of motoring and > dropping sail to avoid turning the sails into rags in the 25 knot winds ( > mine are of unknown age). > > So now the question, when do you reef? How much wind is too much? > > We usually do the first reef at 15, the second at 20, then the jib at > 25. I am thinking 35 sustained would be my limit. But I havent been out in > that yet. > > > > S/V La Neige > > 1993 C&C 37/40 XL > > Havre de Grace , MD > > FB blog : thenext14years > > Brian and Manon > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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