[Rhodes22-list] Wally, did you go sailing yesterday?

[William E. Wickman]

a) No, but I might as well have been.  My non-sailing wife (I'm working on her) was along for the ride so I was pretty much sailing by myself.

b). Yes the boom was in the lower position.

I was really reefed way back to minimize heeling because my wife doesn't like heeling too much.  Consequently, my boat speed during lulls was not what it could have been.  However, I do not think I could have put up much more sail anyway because the gusts were so intense.    I don't know if it would have helped, but I also had not moved my jib sheets inside my shrouds.

Now, if my son had been out with me it might have been a different story.

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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: 03/06/2005 08:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wally, did you go sailing yesterday?

Bill:   a) were you by yourself ?
         b) was the boom in the lower position ?

stan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:01 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Wally, did you go sailing yesterday?


>I was out on Ft. Loudon lake yesterday and it was wild.  Wind was blowing
> 15-20 with gusts near 30.  I was furled to storm sized jib and just a 
> small
> triangle for the main and still got slammed by the gusts.  I was amazed
> that the boat  heeled even while I was motoring back to my slip with no
> sails at all!
>
> I had trouble tacking in this wind so here is a question for the group.
> What is the best strategy for tacking in high winds when you are reefed to
> the max?  I know that you need good boat speed, but even then the boat 
> just
> seemed to stall out.
>
> Bill W.
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