COP OUT? cop out!!?? listen you no good piece of crap......You're the one
copping out. You keep changing the question with each answer you get. YOU
asked a question...I gave you a correct answer. Now, bugger off if you
can't handle the truth!

''practically moored?'' WTF does that mean?

SV



"Blorgad" wrote in message
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Scott,

That is a cop out. Sure if you let out enough line, then your boat will
behave as though not moored. You have just described one of the standard
ways of sailing away from a mooring once you let yourself off of it.
However, the question is could you do any such thing while actually and




"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Blorgad" wrote ...
Let's pretend that you knew what you were doing.

Sure, I do that all the time.

How would you use your
sails to turn a normal fractional-rig sloop aft to wind while on a
mooring?

I would pay out more line, say 600' or so, then backwind the jib till
the
bow starts turning downwind, set the jib and steer downwind. Easy, eh?

SV