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
Years ago I had an offshore sailing program called Adventure Sailing that
was dedicated to teaching people how to sail offshore successfully. (Will,
from US Watercraft, who chimes in here occasionally was helping me for many
of those trips.) One of the main objectives was stopping people from
calli
ve no autopilot. I
have never tried it in really bad weather though.
Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I
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Andy — you scoundrel, you… :^)
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On Feb 5, 2014, at 8:39 AM, Andrew Burton wrote:
> I remember sailing in 10 knots of breeze off Victoria with a lovely
> red-haired girl on my Dad's C&C 27...
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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 an
I never had luck or need to be hove-to myself till last spring when a
broken fuel gage left us without engine propulsion. The Chesapeake was
pretty rough by bay standards. High frequency 6-10 foot breakers and
20-25kts wind. We had been running up the shore and, given time, would
have been pushe
1981 40-2
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:17:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to
I never had luck or need to be hove-to myself till last spring when a broken
fuel gage left us without eng
: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to
.. All that being said the one thing that can go wrong is having two much
headsail compared to main sail. . I prefer to keep my headsail off the
mast so roller reafing till the clew is even with the mast is one of my
first s
f Of David
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Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 41...offshore cnc models- now heaving to
I wish I knew this trick when I was 17 and with a blonde on my father's 24'.
Had the boat doing circles (kind of) and almost ran over a clammer. Woops.
