No, you just need somebody to make French Toast. Gale? What gale? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 5 February 2014 20:49, M Bod <drbod...@accesswave.ca> wrote: > > 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 >
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