Robert, That looked like tons of fun.
I'm a lucky man because my wife enjoys putting the rail in the water. I'm usually the one worrying because she has no regard for the forces involved. She broke the undersized mainsheet shackle on our first solo sail because the PO never pushed the boat as hard as she did. We once did a 35+ knots downwind run under reefed jib across Humber Bay in Toronto (notorious for its waves in wind) with our one-year old son packed in pillows in the v-berth. The marine police came out to see who was silly enough to be out sailing during a small craft warning. It's great that your guests enjoyed the sail. Most non-sailors get intimidated when things get tippy. Wally. Whistler II C&C 30 '73 Now on the hard in Niagara-on-the-Lake (5 Kms from the factory where she was made) On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 8:04 PM robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Bailey, > > The video doesn't look like conditions were heavy air downwind with a > following sea....head sail or main sail in those kind of conditions was the > topic....but I agree, going upwind in a big breeze with a 100% jib works > great on my boat. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 #277 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2019-03-19 7:21 p.m., Bailey White via CnC-List wrote: > > I went sailing with friends recently in heavy air and the winds built to > 35 to 40 on my old C&C 36. I had thought I would set a reefed main but > found instead that I kept rolling the #3 up instead and never wanted for a > main. The helm still felt good. > > Here is a quick video a friend took that day: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ji7eivusac7qf9s/heavyairupwind.mov?dl=0 > > Please forgive the fender that rolled overboard and dragged in the video, > the sail trim, etc. I know better but was busy with non-sailing friends > and happy to keep everyone safe. > > The boat performed well and pumping the backstay kept the jib from being > too full. I only regret that I did not furl enough soon enough and did not > furl enough overall even though I was at probably 50% furl. That was the > most wind I've sailed this boat in. > > I think the sturdy masthead rig is good without a main if need be. A main > would help reduce backstay loading as part of the load would be transmitted > through the mainsheet. My mainsheet is on the cabin top and doesn't have > the leverage of the backstay though. > > I believe it was Dennis who mentioned he sailed in 50+ downwind. wow. I > haven't gotten this boat going that fast. I am a big fan of jib only in > heavy air downwind. > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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