[Public-List] Sailing technique

[Gordon Laco]

Sorry to sound dramatic but your friend's advice could get you killed.

You should ease the main first and if that is not enough let the boat  
come up to dump wind

Bearing away in a puff only works in square rig.

Gord

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On 2010-07-19, at 2:22 PM, "Jonathan Budington"  
<jon at globalprinting.com> wrote:

> Sorry - meant to say "heel"
>
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>
> I was sailing in the Bay yesterday afternoon - nice breeze of about 12
> knots.  We were heading south towards Annapolis when I noticed the  
> boat
> ahead of us was knocked down.  Before I could reduce sail (no reef and
> the full genoa out), we were hit by a 24 knot gust.  The boat healed  
> (as
> it usually does), and wanted to head up.  I pulled hard on the tiller
> and headed down until the gust subsided.  My wife lost her drink (and
> composure), and my 5 kids were yelling "do that again".  I think we
> reached a heal angle of 32 degrees - the leeward rail was well under
> water.  My questions are:
>
> How far can an Alberg heel over before steering is lost?
>
> Is heading down the right course of action? (I was told to leave the
> sheets alone by a J-30 captain - just head off hard).
>
> Jon Budington
> Nimble
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