Re: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to

[David Knecht]

Hi Andy- I have never been in a situation where I feel the need to heave to, but I feel like I want to practice it in less than extreme conditions next summer.  Can you describe the details of getting into this state and staying there?  What I have read sounds simple, but I doubt anything is simple in high winds and 12 foot seas and that detail devil is always lurking nearby.  Thanks- Dave On Feb 5, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: I once took a Swan 651 to weather in 12 foot seas. It wasn't comfortable, either. I think you'd need a pretty big boat... Usually, if I have 12 foot seas on the nose (and I'm not racing), I'm hove to, relaxing and waiting for the wind to shift, while I have a cuppa tea under the dodger, watching the scenery roll by. Life at sea doesn't have to be an overly (physically) strenuous endeavor. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine David Knecht Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT

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