[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Technique Question

[Bill Effros]

Dave,

I resheet single handed all the time.  If you sail flat there is very 
little pressure on the tiller.  I use Stan's broom handle holders and 
have one on each side of the stern--I have sailed for hours with the 
tiller locked into one of these clamps without ever touching the 
tiller.  I steer by shifting my weight in the boat.  I almost always 
keep the pop top up, and resheet from inside the cabin.

Thanks for doing all the homework on the oil issue.

Bill Effros

DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
> Rummy & Wally,
>  
> Thanks for your response, it just never occurred to me that you might  re-rig 
> the headsail sheets while underway.  Is re-rigging a  headsail sheet to run 
> through the shrouds something you guys do when  sailing single handed?  If so, 
> how do you execute? You're steering through  a tack ( hand on the the tiller), 
> tending the mainsheet, and now you've got  to take a headsail sheet forward, 
> guide it through the shrouds while  pulling the headsail after.  As I think it 
> through, it sounds like a mad  scramble for one guy - is there a key to 
> making it work (assuming you can make  it work with 1 guy)?  Rummy's French maiden 
> sounds attractive, for a  number of reasons.
>  
> Dave
>  
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