Heaving to is pretty easy to practice. Tack but don't let the jib sheet go. On the new tack turn the wheel to windward. The rudder is trying to head you up and the backwinded jib is doing the opposite, so the boat kind of just sits there. Useful for making lunch or taking a dump if you have no autopilot. I have never tried it in really bad weather though.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Knecht Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:20 AM To: CnC CnC discussion list Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to 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<mailto: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 [cid:image001.png@01CF2256.83CB3BE0]
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