Hi Barbara,
I will join others in supporting your first time out, well done.
Know that once he jumps ship like that he no longer holds the title
D.H. but also consider the improvement to the boats performance, a
couple o' hundred pounds lighter ... much more if you include the
junk he insisted on packing around :)
I will guess you have a furling jib. These wonderful devices can turn
evil in slow speed maneuvering. The wind may influence your bow and
unbalance your turning effort to either work for or against you.
Combine that with current and no two days are alike it seems.
You made a good decision to work with the boat and guide her out of
the marina as she wished.
What is the yacht's name & model?
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
P.S. friendly reminder to strip extraneous text from digest message
before posting, thanks
At 05:34 PM 27/05/2014, you wrote:
Since my darling husband decided to jump ship and file for divorce,
I left the dock with myself at the helm just this past weekend. My
brother and his buddy who knows nothing about sAiling were along and
I'm so glad they were. Leaving the dock wAs a bit tricky since the
tide and wind was against us and against the Atomic 4. We wound up
backing out of the marina breakwaters after fending off successfully
several boats. Embarrassing? Yes but a great lesson. And
unfortunately upon return, there were mumblings about a "woman at
the helm ". It wasn't pretty but there was no damage.
Barbara Hickson Fellers
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