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Heaving To

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Lately I've been reading about heaving to and I've come across a couple
of different ways to do it.
The two differing ways are one with the jib up and the other without the use
of a jib.
Now I have four feet of snow in my backyard so it's going to be a while till I
can test this on my own, so I was wondering if anyone here has some quick pointers of what has worked well for them on the C-26.

Thanks,
Adam
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Post by HJakl »

Heaving to was as part of my test when I was doing my offshore Captain license. We were using Bavaria38 and within 26+ kn wind we were having lunch over 45 min below and boat was like nailed to the spot ( some side drifting )
I have C26 and its bit more complicated, Big boat have break on the wheel, so you can set your rudder in position, but with tiller, this get complicated. you need some rig to set your rudder.
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Post by amayotte »

Ya, that sounds cool.

What I was mainly wondering was the sail and rudder configuration used on the Chrsyler.
does a reefed main with the jib work best or
does just a reefed main do the job?
Is it best to have the keel all the way down or only partly?
I am assuming in all cases the rudder needs to be positioned leeward, but by how much? I'm sure it depends on the wind too.

Just overall curious.

I'm glad to hear it works good though. I'm kinda excited to try it, for some odd reason.

Adam
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Post by CaptainScott »

Hey Adam,
One of the very best things you can do is on a nice day when all is under control, TRY IT!


Much better to practice such a manouver when you don't need it. Do it in a variaty of conditions. Storm jib and reefed main would be a great combo to know how to heave to with. A home made Tiller Tamer would be a great device to help you with if you do not have a tiller pilot.


Basically you tack the boat but do not releas the jib and do not tack the jib. This leaves the jib to windward and main to leward. Google "Heave to" and video and several will pop up!

HEre is a good description of how and why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rABvrW90O1s&NR=1

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Post by NYCSAILOR »

not related but i came across this watching the heaveto vid...unreal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEm0MscW ... re=related


this maybe why the cg waits for a surface vessel

sorry to all for going off thread... please go back to th heaveto discussion...practice, practice
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