[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Jibbing

[David Walker]

Keith,

If you are running with the wind and have the main sheeted out, and you jibe
accidentally, the boom can rise enough to hit the backstay.  The proper
solution to this when jibing is to sheet in hard before the jib and let out
the sheet quickly but under control after the jibe.

Another help is to use a vang to keep the boom down during down wind
sailing.

Dave Walker