My boat heaves to quite well under main and jib. All I have to do is tack, not release the jib sheet, let the sail back on the new tack, and then turn the boat hard to windward. It is quite useful to "park" for a bit, but not much used anymore as a storm survival tactic. If you can still do that, you can likely sail someplace too.
Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com Coquina C&C 35 MK I -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin Kilgour Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:04 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Heaving-to I agree with Dwight. You should be able to heave to with any headsail, because conditions may require it. That said, I prefer not to have my headsail backing against the spreaders, so I prefer rolling up to no more than a 110 or so before heaving to. Cheers Colin On 11/10/12, Marek Fluder <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On my 24 I need to reduce the headsail to a handkerchief. > Otherwise main and tiller are not able to keep it balanced. > I think it's because my boat is not heavy and freeboard helps pushing > the bow down. > > Marek Fluder > C&C24 "Emilie" > Hamilton Harbour, ON > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Mark G <mjg...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> After 6 years of experimenting on an infrequent basis I was finally >> able to easily and repeatedly heave-to my 25 Mk1 this year. I sail >> with a 135-140% Genoa on a furler. On the day everything clicked it >> was furled to about 100-110%. Since then, I have made furling the >> Genoa to 100-110% the first step of heaving-to. It makes sense to me >> that, since heaving-to is all about balancing the sails, sail area >> forward would be a significant factor. But on a boat without a >> furler this can't be accomplished without a sail change, etc. So I'm >> thinking the same thing might be accomplished by positioning the main >> sail with the sheet or the traveler. Can anybody weigh in on their >> experience, particularly with the 25 Mk1? >> >> Mark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
