Select to expand quoteYara said..Sectorsteve said..
Yara said..
So thats the classic heaving to with the jib up. Now lets think about using the heave to manoever in order to provide a stable platform to change headsails.
We are flying a genoa and the wind has got up. Luckily we have rigged a downhaul for the jib, so we pinch up into the wind, ease the jib sheet and pull the jib down to the deck.
Now we want to heave to under main alone. Some say head up into the wind and pull the traveller to windward and lock the tiller amidships. With no jib she might want to round up, so tiller to weather?
Anybody had good success with heaving to under main alone, and if so how, and what shape keel?
this is a good point. i recently was heaving too and decided to drop the heady and change to a #3 but the balance got lost.
def something to try as i am erring away from the furler again...so indecisive....
I am thinking that if your current set of sails are in good shape, and the boat is worth, say, $7k, then adding a furler/reefer is over capitalising. In addition, your current smaller headsails would be more efficient in a blow compared to a reefed genoa.
The problem with hanked sails is the job of getting to the bow and doing the heady change without falling overboard or loosing control. If you can heave-to under main, and have a solid jackline/safety harness, and the boat is reasonably stable, then it becomes doable.
This is also why I like the idea of a inner forestay that can be stowed when not needed.cthen you could have the number 4 ready to go and with the down haul on the jib, there'd be no need to g forward unless something went wrong.
Tophats are too small for that sort of stuff. Best idea is to select the right headsail before you leave or consider a headsail with a reef point. Probably still have to go forward to connect the "new" tack and clew or even drop the sail.
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It's really easy to convert a sail from hanks to luff rope even if you get the sailmaker to put luff padding in. Quite a cheap exercise. The beauty of a furler when heaving to is that you can roll heady away without leaving the cockpit until you get the right balance so even a fin keel boat behaves itself.
I have a reef able headsail. after what you said ramona I'll play around and try find a system to reef it undway without going forward.
pheonix star I would also need to get my headsail cut to a shape that would make it furl better no? If I was to modify the existing sail for a furler.
Select to expand quoteSectorsteve said..
I have a reef able headsail. after what you said ramona I'll play around and try find a system to reef it undway without going forward.
pheonix star I would also need to get my headsail cut to a shape that would make it furl better no? If I was to modify the existing sail for a furler.
I have done a couple and they both set OK after the mod. The luff padding makes them keep quite a good shape even when they are rolled quite hard.
