[Public-List] Dolor sailor on Alberg 30 made it to Hawaii, broken rudder

[Winslow Ayer]

Probably not and I hope to never have to. The skill would be handy though.

Winslow 

> On Sep 23, 2021, at 7:46 PM, Stephen Gwyn <stephen.gwyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Sorry, I got a bit sidetracked. 
> 
> The point of all that was to say that, based on my experience, I don't think it's realistically feasible to steer using the sails alone for sustained periods of time offshore in large waves.
> 
> On 2021-09-23 4:00 p.m., Winslow Ayer wrote:
>> Wow. I’m sure you feel lucky indeed. Glad you made it.
>> 
>> Winslow 
>> 
>>>> On Sep 23, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Stephen Gwyn <stephen.gwyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> And even then... Coming back from Haida Gwaii on this ketch it
>>>> was blowing 25-30 and we were down to staysail and mizzen. The
>>>> boat was balanced, but not still not stable. Despite full keel,
>>>> gaff rig and being a ketch, the wheel needed constant attention
>>>> to keep her with 10 degrees of her course. At one point in
>>>> the night, I was steering and she kept wanting to luff up by 20
>>>> degrees. Luckily as it turns out. Just after I got her back on course,
>>>> a huge 6-foot diameter by 60 foot long log loomed out of the dark.
>>>> Had I been where I supposed to be we would have hit it. That log
>>>> would have sunk an A30, and done a lot of damage even to that boat.
>>>> 
>>>> SG
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2021-09-23 2:35 p.m., Winslow Ayer wrote:
>>>> The beauty being with a mizzenmast you can drop the main, leave the headsail and have nice steerability and headway.
>>>> 
>>>> Winslow
>