Salty Dog wrote:I'm not sure what the best thing to do is if caught running down wind with too much sail out, and no motor. In my other boat I could furl the genoa in fire the mtr up pull around to the wind and take a reef in the main fall off, let the genoa out a little bit and go on. Of course I would not be sweating a knock down either in that boat. It would have been fun if I knew what I was doing and not worried about pitch poleing.
It reminded me of yet another question I'd intended to ask. This is to anyone...
Heaving to is commonly expressed as tacking without changing the jib sheet settings so the jib back-winds, but is there any reason one couldn't heave to from a reach or down wind run?
I would think a wing & wing run would be the ideal setup because the jib would already be sheeted to the opposite side of the main. In that setting, you would come about in the direction that de-powers the main and as I said, the jib will already be in position to come across the foredeck and backwind into a heave to. If running but not wing & wing or if reaching, then you'd have to preset the jib sheets for backwinding before making the turn, but in the end, it would still convert to a heave-to right?
Thanks - Scott