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On 8/9/13, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you realy take your 30 to La Coruna in Spain? I would love to read > your blog. I too have a 30MK1 I am trying to learn of all the stories > and the handeling capibilitys this boat has? How do you heave to? Face > the wind cross up the sails and fall off the wind say to the left and > keep the wheel turned to the right? > How did Antoine Rose in open water. > Thanks for your help. > Cheers curtis. > > > On 8/8/13, Antoine Rose <antoine.r...@videotron.ca> wrote: >> A good idea would be to cover your shroud with quarter inch plastic >> tubing >> for the first, say, five feet. With this, the sheet will rub against the >> plastic rather than the cable. No chaffing this way. It's good to have it >> anyway to prevent chaffing all week at the slip when the genoa is furled >> and >> the sheets are rubbing against the shroud. >> >> I did heave to on one occasion on the ocean for bad weather reasons, >> mainly >> when rough weather was coming to get some rest (I was just south the of >> Tail >> of the Grand Banks, bad weather is not fun in that vicinity). Remember to >> heave to BEFORE weather gets really bad to get a chance to rest a bit >> while >> you can. The C&C 30 heave to very well. If you have a wheel steering, >> blocking the wheeI with the brake is not enough in rough weather, you >> have >> to secure it with a line. I also have heave to on two occasions to repair >> the control line on the windvane after rounding La Coruna in Spain. I had >> to >> crawl under the cockpit to do this. Interestingly, in three to four >> meters >> swell, the bottom of the cockpit locker was the most comfortable spot on >> the >> boat. >> >> Antoine (C&C 30 Cousin) >> >> >> Le 2013-08-08 à 17:55, martin schulman a écrit : >> >>> Has anyone experience heaving to with a 30 1974. It seems to me that if >>> it >>> is done the weather genny sheet would chafe a good deal on the weather >>> shrouds. Am I missing something? Martin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to > change; the realist adjusts the sails.” > -- “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
