Gladly.

My boat heaves-to with no forereaching when the tiller is tied
off so the rudder is 90 degrees to her centerline. This means I
can sail close hauled to a point directly upwind of a mooring,
come up and around so the jib backs, tie the tiller off at 90
degrees and drift about one knot or less depending on the
wind down on the mooring ball.

I then grab the mooring pendant and make the line fast to a
cleat on the bow. This happens while the jib is still backed
and the vessel is still drifting sideways. Then I walk back to
the mast where both the jib and main halyard are made fast
to their respective cleats. I cast off the jib halyard as soon
as the vessel snubs up on the mooring and points her prow
into the wind. The jib falls straight down on the foredeck.

Then I let go the main halyard and the main falls straight
down on the boom since the wind is still directly on the
bow. This all takes place in a flash as if both sails are
falling almost simultaneously. I keep the mast slot lubed
with silicone spray so the slugs don't hand up. The halyards
cause no friction because they don't go snaking through
various turning blocks to the cockpit as on those with
lubberly boats. Also, I have wire to rope halyards and
these run very, very free. The advantage of this type
halyard combined with hank-on jib means it is very
fast to drop the sail. Winding up a headsail while it is
flapping usually cause trouble for the wind-up crowd
while a little flapping assists a hank-on jib to fall.



"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Neal,

Please explain your techigue of heaving-to to drift sideward?

Also, explain the advantage of "Hanked sails in a heave-to attitude?

OT