Very practical, Joe, but. no offence. I think we all like Andrew's scenario
better.

 

Rick Brass

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della
Barba, Joe
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:42 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to

 

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> 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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