You lose headway that way, it's not necessary to heave to in order to reef safely and the flap won't hurt your sail that much but if heaving to works for you and you like it then go for it.I was just saying what I do.bear in mind, I don't reef often.I will carry a fisherman's reef a long time before biting the bullet
Dwight C&C 35 MKII, Alianna _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: February 6, 2014 9:51 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to When I did my CYA basic heaving to was one of the first things we learned, then we learned to reef the main while hove to. No flapping. Not saying it's the right way, just the way I was taught. When I was learning I took everything the instructor said as gospel. I'm still learning and now, mostly off of this list :) Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: Sometimes we'll heave to to reef. But if I have a Harken or Antal track or the like, I'm more likely to turn dead downwind and pull the sail down that way. The benefits to doing that include the fact that waves won't be sweeping the deck and the apparent wind is less. my old Dad always used to tell me that the best time to reef is when you first think about it. I've never regretted taking that advice. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: Don't you guys heave to when you need to reef the main? Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: I'm on the wrong boat. Jim Watts wrote: No, you just need somebody to make French Toast. Gale? What gale? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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