Bill, When you "heave to" you don't have a drogue hanging off the bow. All you are doing is coming about, but not releasing the jib sheet. The back winded jib is now trying to push the bow in one direction, and you adjust the tiller to hold the boat in that position. Depending on how hard the wind is blowing, you may have to tie the tiller all the way over, or, it may only require a bit of tiller in the other direction to hold your position. At this point the boat is riding quietly and peacefully. No drogues / sea anchors or similar devices are needed to heave to. Just tack and then stop the tack with the tiller with a back winded headsail. For detailed explanations of how and why you should heave to, get Hal Roth's book, "After 50,000 miles" He goes into great detail as to how to manage storm conditions; from the mild to the severe, and heaving to, is the first of his options. He also has a lot of excellent information on their experiences; boat improvements; what works and what doesn't - and why; - and the why is the most useful part of the explanation. Of course, he is talking about long distance cruising in something in the 35 foot range, but his observations pertain to good seamanship practices. It's an excellent text. Connie
Hello, all. I have had similar difficulties heaving to. I just couldn't get the boat to stop! I guess when you get a Monty going, she wants to go! I was just messing around at the time so I wasn't worried but I was a bit surprised. I have hove to in a variety of boats with no problems, I just thought it was the small size of a 15 footer. So, there are M-15 sailers out there who have put there boat hove to with no problems? -Rusty ===== "In a power boat you may get there faster, but in a sailboat you are already there." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
I haven't had any trouble getting Busca (17) to heave to. It does take the helm down and starting out without a bunch of spin (momentum). Tod -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rusty Knorr Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:54 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Heaving to Hello, all. I have had similar difficulties heaving to. I just couldn't get the boat to stop! I guess when you get a Monty going, she wants to go! I was just messing around at the time so I wasn't worried but I was a bit surprised. I have hove to in a variety of boats with no problems, I just thought it was the small size of a 15 footer. So, there are M-15 sailers out there who have put there boat hove to with no problems? -Rusty ===== "In a power boat you may get there faster, but in a sailboat you are already there." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Rusty, I haven't had any problems with Storm Petrel. From a beat with the jib sheeted tight, just bring her through the wind, free the main and shove the tiller down. I don't usually lock or tie it there, unless it's really blowing. Maybe you just need to believe it will work. Just believe! Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Rusty Knorr Sent: November 24, 2003 10:54 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Heaving to Hello, all. I have had similar difficulties heaving to. I just couldn't get the boat to stop! I guess when you get a Monty going, she wants to go! I was just messing around at the time so I wasn't worried but I was a bit surprised. I have hove to in a variety of boats with no problems, I just thought it was the small size of a 15 footer. So, there are M-15 sailers out there who have put there boat hove to with no problems? -Rusty ===== "In a power boat you may get there faster, but in a sailboat you are already there." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Hi, Bill. Maybe I had the main sheeted in too much. On all the bigger boats I have sailed, I have never needed to blow the mainsheet but I will try it next time out on my Monty. Thanks for the tip! -Rusty --- Bill Riker <wriker@mindspring.com> wrote:
Rusty,
I haven't had any problems with Storm Petrel. From a beat with the jib sheeted tight, just bring her through the wind, free the main and shove the tiller down. I don't usually lock or tie it there, unless it's really blowing.
Maybe you just need to believe it will work. Just believe!
Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel
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Behalf Of Rusty Knorr Sent: November 24, 2003 10:54 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Heaving to
Hello, all. I have had similar difficulties heaving to. I just couldn't get the boat to stop! I guess when you get a Monty going, she wants to go! I was just messing around at the time so I wasn't worried but I was a bit surprised. I have hove to in a variety of boats with no problems, I just thought it was the small size of a 15 footer. So, there are M-15 sailers out there who have put there boat hove to with no problems?
-Rusty
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