Chicken gybe for the smart sailor

9:18 PM Thu 13 May 2010 GMT

'When Michael J. Fox learned to be smart' .

Remember in the movie back to the Future when Michael J. Fox hated being called 'Chicken'? ... but eventually he smartened up - didn't take the dare and changed his future for the good. Well . sometimes in sailing it's equally as smart to NOT take the dare. The safe manoeuvre is called the chicken gybe. The chicken gybe replaces the conventional gybe in high winds, particularly if you have a rookie crew. It's mostly done when the skipper is uncomfortable about the conditions for the gybe for some reason, and most likely this will occur if the winds are ...

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by Grant Headifen