I've never tried heaving to - hope to test it out this summer gpfor practice. Now I just need a red head.....
Found this video - may be helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQTOfns6OjU&feature=youtube_gdata_player Mark > On 5 Feb 2014 10:42, "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
