I don't mean to sound argumentative, but the original post stated that Skip could not release the mainsheet but only make it tighter, therefore I suggested that given enough sea room he could have steered into the wind to release pressure until he regained control of the mainsheet.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Kelch Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:27 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: RE: M_Boats: Just how Stable?? "Doug thinks the mast was parallel to the water." I couldn't see the mast but the centerboard was completly out of the water by a few inches. Nothing is as quick as poping the the mainsheet free. Thanks Doug --- "William B. Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not recommended, at least by me. > > I was doing just that, in the Chester River, of > which Doug Kelch spoke. The > narrow creek had flat water but gusty winds. I had > been luffing by heading > up, rather than releasing the mainsheet, to maximize > getting to windward. > This time, the wind headed in the same direction and > I started scooping > water. IIRC, Doug thinks the mast was parallel to > the water. > > I scooped the cockpit nearly full. The leeward > seat locker was half full, > but no more than a cup full splashed into the cabin. > Fortunately, the waves > were nil and it drained out in the time it took to > run a man-overboard drill > and pick up my hat and bag of garbage. > > Jerry's boats do a nice job or protecting some dumb > skippers. > > PS, Storm Petrel was born in August, 1981, and has > shallow seat lockers on > both sides. > > Bill Riker > M15 - #184 > Storm Petrel > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mike Frederick > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:08 PM > To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' > Subject: RE: M_Boats: Just how Stable?? > > If sea room allows, you can also regain control by > steering into the wind to > spill some wind off of the mainsail when the > mainsheet is jammed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: Just how Stable?? > > All, > > I was out sailing this past weekend and the wind was > a bit gusty and being > unpredictable. I was sailing in the Baltimore > Harbor and the wind shifts a > lot due to the buildings crowding the waters edge. > I was on a port tack > when a gust of wind hit the boat and healed us over. > I was having problems > releasing the main sheet. Every time I pulled up on > the jam cleat, the > cleat adjustment angle would move up one notch. The > harder I pulled up, the > higher the angle moved. The boat was healed over so > much that the starboard > gun wale was 6 inches under water and the cockpit > was filling up. By the > time we were able to release the main sheet we had > 6+ inches of water in the > cockpit. I was certain we were going swimming. > With the exception of our > shoes getting wet, everything else stayed dry. > > I can not believe how stable and well balanced this > boat is. I'm not sure > at what angle we were sailing (nearly tipping over), > but it is far greater > then what I am comfortable with, and still the boat > remained upright. > > When we got back to the dock and began stowing our > gear, I found the > starboard locker full of water. In the end I'm glad > this happened on the > starboard side, since the port locker was cut out by > a previous owner. > Which means the bilge would have been full. > > In the end, it's best to know the limits of the > boat. Now I have a better > idea of just how far I can heal over before I go > swimming. > > Fairwinds, > Skip > M-15 #201 '82 > Wild Guppy > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > more about what's free from > AOL at AOL.com. > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
