A friend with more sailing experience that went out with me recently mentioned the jib sheet on windward side... Having sailed mostly dinghys, still getting used to a displacement keelboat as "normal," I almost always have the main in hand (or likewise, over my leg) when I'm at the helm, it's just a habit because on dinghies there's no timne to scramble for the sheet, if you can't sheet out immediately you're probably already capsized. cheers, John S. David Rifkind wrote:
On Aug 6, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Also, on a side note.. I turned the corner and was trucking along on a beam reach with a pile of wind when it picked up momentarily even more! Upwind went the bow, full tiller..nothing..upwind it continues,.. Dive for the mainsheet across the cockpit fearing for capsize..release some main...ahhhhh! Was a funny moment for the fly on the wall. And a hoot!
I've been taking some advice from Andrew Evans's book on single-handed sailing, even to the extent of rigging my cockpit so the jibsheets can be cleated on the windward side (though due to southern AZ weather I haven't been able to try that yet). One thing I've adopted from him is to sit on the weather side with the mainsheet draped over my leg.
Weather here sucks. I haven't been out since my marvelous/disastrous (about 50/50) San Diego trip.
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