[Public-List] going solo

[John Riley]

A most excellent suggestion!  Heaving to is useful for so many things -
a true "core tactic."

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> I heave to (not in the heavy weather sense, but just backing the foresail usually by tacking through the wind) for mainsail reefing, taking sails down on arriving outside a marina, MOB drill and for a break or nap.  One thing that I find interesting it how a hove-to A30, jogging with the wind a few degrees ahead of the beam, falls off to a stable position with the wind a few degrees aft of the beam when the mainsail is dropped.  After doing this a few times, one gets a good feeling for where the boat will be heading, which is useful with limited searoom.  Once the mainsail is down, and with sufficient searoom in the new direction, one can prepare lines and fenders and the auxiliary, etc  and then sail in closer under Genoa alone, before motoring the final bit into a marina.  Of course, the A30 will heave to quite cheerfully under mainsail alone, which is a common storm tactic which could be used in other situations.
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-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521



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