Fred's right. Larry Pardey describes it as a slick that helps mitigate the
waves breaking over the boat. His Storm Tactics is an excellent read.
Bear in mind that heaving to isn't just for storms or reefing. if we want
to have a nice sit down dinner, even in light airs, we will heave to. And
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
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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
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:48:53 -0400
Subject: Re: Stus-List Heaving-to - sail ratios for higher winds
Fred's right. Larry Pardey describes it as a slick that helps mitigate the
waves breaking over
As I understand it, if your trying to heave to and your moving forward then
your either in a current or actually forereaching.
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Paul E.
1981 CC 38 Landfall
S/V Johanna Rose
Carrabelle, FL
On Aug 14, 2015, at 12:32 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote:
My understanding is that when
Heaving to is balance between the backwards thrust of the headsail, the
forward thrust of the mainsail and the rudder hard over keeping the whole
thing going. You're also balancing the rotation of the boat about the
keel. The headsail is trying to turn the boat off the wind and the
mainsail and
Patrick. There is no reason to heave to when reefing (assume you’re reefing
the main). Luff the main or head up so that it can luff, drop the halyard
(premarked is good) and then reef with either one or two lines. No mess, no
fuss, 30 seconds at most. It can also be a one person job with
I'm splitting this out from my reefing email because that one was getting
big (sorry!) and heaving to seems big enough to be a separate topic. I
searched the archive but didn't find too much on what configurations people
have found work best.
Two questions really -
- What sail config leads to a
Patrick,
On Pegathy, also an LF38, I have never reefed the main. I have two reef points,
but I take it down, or just don't put it up. The boat sails very well under jib
alone, and I reef the roller furling jib in very high winds - sailed from
Martha's Vineyard to Natucket very comfortably in 40
Yeah, so i guess the boat may be moving forward sorta. Assuming you get
the boat stopped, then it will crab sideways. Since the crash back was
started on the other tack the crabbing action often times brings the boat
closer to the victim.
Josh
On Aug 13, 2015 9:25 PM, Josh Muckley
A couple of random thoughts
Yes, the boat is creeping forward while hove to.
No need to belittle 6-8' seas with short interval - nasty enough. Short
interval is far worse than much larger seas with room to spread out
Sea directly behind you - much more than the 6' you saw and you'd have
The boat is moving forward while hove-to I'll have to think on that one
for a while. There is a man-overboard maneuver that I call a crash back.
You basically turn up into the wind but don't release the headsail sheets.
Once the bow is through the wind turn the wheel back all the way and lock
Really, when you're hove to, you're pointing about 60 degrees off the wind and
your COG is about 90 degrees to the breeze. How hard you have the main sheeted
controls your angle to the breeze. I will roll most of the jib in big
breeze...leaving as little as 10 or 20% out.
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