Tack close to the mast? Ed Levert C&C 34 Briar Patch New Orleans
On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 6:59 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > As Andy Burton alluded, the secret to gybing a headsail, particularly a > large overlapping genoa, is to keep the tack close to the mast. You need > to ease the old sheet while hauling in the new one keeping tension on both > sheets. If you let the tack go forward, it may well wrap on the forestay. > > I store Touche's anchor on the pulpit with the stock up and the shank > down. If I don't keep the tack close to the mast, the genoa inevitably > fouls on the anchor stock. :( > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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