"DSK" wrote

Scotty wrote:
How do you do it on a cat boat?


Now that I do know. You put the boat slightly above a beam
reach, and
ease the sail out until it's flapping idly. The windage of the
mast &
sail will tend to make the boat bear away as it slows, so you
put the
helm down to keep the bow up. The boat settles down somewhere
between a
close reach & close hauled, with the sail filling only slightly
&
intermittently, with the helm fixed at an angle that keeps it
close to
the right course.


Wouldn't it be the same for a junk?

SBV