Maybe try steering to ddw and make a normal jibe. Change your heading gradually and watch vmg you will know when to complete the jibe a lot of a well made jibe depends on the helmsman and timing with the crew. Tack line on the bow at the base of the headstay lead aft to control point
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:34 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have been thinking about ordering long sheets for my “reacher" (A sail) > to be able to do outside jibes. All the videos I have seen for this > technique have the spinnaker tack on a sprit or attached forward of the > headstay. That seems pretty simple, but I don’t have an attachment point > there. My tack can either be attached directly to a padeye on the deck > behind the forestay or to a strap around the furled headsail and then to > the padeye. I think that means that every time I jibe, the tack line will > wrap around the headstay. Is that a problem? I could douse with the sock > and redeploy after jibe (sounds slow for racing) or add an attachment > point to the pulpit for a block so I am forward of the headstay. Am I > missing something? How do others without sprits do this? Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
