[Rhodes22-list] High Seas Sailing

[Chris Cowie]

Rick
That's impressive sailing 45 degrees in 20 kts.  I guess I need to find some rail meat or stock up on some of rummys libations.  I don't find a lot of lee helm pulling the bow toward the wind but find it hard to keep the headsail from luffing inside of 60 degrees off the wind.  Maybe I need to have less jib out and move the sheets to the innermost position but that seems to give up so much speed.   Do you notice much less roll and bouncing around with three people on board?  Maybe I should fill the holding and water tanks although I know rummy would advocate a few cases of rum instead.

Chris Cowie
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On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:24 PM, "Rick" <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> With 3 men, or about 600# in the boat, I've sailed at about 45 deg into a 20
> knot wind with 3 to 5 foot waves.  Boom down, jib sheets inside and both
> sails furled to 50%.
> 
> Single handed, it's tough to keep the boat on tack due to heading up a lot.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:48 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I went sailing this past Monday from Herrington Harbor to Thomas Point
> > light
> > and back.  The wind was blowing pretty steady and over 10 kts the entire
> > time.  At about 10 kts I found I could reasonably manage a full main with
> > the boom down and the 175 Genoa out about 1/3 of the way.  Between a close
> > haul and broad reach I was easily running over 5 kts pushing the gps beyond
> > 6 as I raced down the following sea.  My sail back from Thomas Point Light
> > required tacking several times on as close haul as I could get.  At this
> > point the wind was kicking up to at least 15 kts gust closer to 20.  This
> > much wind out of the South and an outgoing tide made for some pretty
> > significant sea action.  I found the best I could sail with that much wind
> > was about 130-140 degrees.  I did position the jib sheets betwen the outer
> > and inner shrouds back to the winch and cleat and this helped some.  At a
> > 130 degree tack I was able to manage between 2.8 and 3.5 kts pounding into
> > the building seas.  I began to fall off the wind as I made my approach to
> > Herring Bay and the shallows of Long Bar aggrivated the seas even more.  A
> > couple of waves came crashing over the cockpit as I experimented trying to
> > head up, broadside or run with the increasingly angry sea.  I am curious to
> > hear how others have managed trying to sail close hauled, broad reach and
> > run in winds between 15-20kts and with an angry breaking sea in the 3-4
> > foot
> > range.  I think I could manage to handle a little more wind than this but
> > not in an aggitated sea state.
> >
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