[Public-List] Heaving to

[John Riley]

Paul Cheney wrote:
> Hello again, just a follow up, went out yesterday, 25 knots, 1 meter
> waves, had just the small jib up, tried it to see how it would heave
> to with just the head sail - a little harder to get under control but
> not much, did not slow down as much but still very comfortable and
> worked great.
>
>
> Paul Cheney
> www.360mm.ca
> paulcheney at me.com
>
>
>

Just curious: why are you trying to heave-to with just the headsail? 
Did the boat REALLY heave-to (drift sideways through the water) with
just the headsail?  I'd be surprised she didn't fore-reach quite a bit.

-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521


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