Jeff,

The jib was luffing, but not when the the apparent
wind came aft when the engine was shut off.

Why should he douse the jib, when he knew the engine
was going to be shut off shortly? In fact, the jib was
just set,and just trimmed.

The man was thinking a step ahead. It all makes
perfect sense.

Someone had complained my questions were 1 pointers.
I figured I'd offer up a tougher one. If I made it easy,
it would have only been a one point question.

Jeff Morris wrote

"DSK" wrote
Jeff Morris wrote:

Sorry, Bart. I think your Dutch friend was yanking your chain!

No, what Bart described would work.

My point is that you would adjust
the main to not flog, but you often can't do the same for the jib. All
that was
going on is that the Dutchman was too lazy to douse the jib (as he should
have)
and he came up with a plausible justification for leaving it luff.