I used to sail on a Sunfish in college off the coast of North County San
Diego. That's exactly what we did from time to time. Down wind all the way
to La Jolla, then we hitchhiked back with the boat. Of course, sometimes we
had to wait a bit for a pickup.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:32:49 -0400, "Ellen MacArthur"
wrote:


"Jeff" wrote
(lots of things that don't matter so I deleted them)

THIS is what matters and this is what happened in my question.
Your just being thick on purpose. Your wrong and I can prove it with
an example.
In irons and the wind is pushing you backwards at 2 miles an hour
over the bottom.
The current is going the same direction over the ground and at the same
speed. 2 mph!
Your going backwards over the ground at 4 mph. Not through the water.
The boat has NO freaking motion through the water and the rudder
won't work.
Duh! Forget about looking at the land. There doesn't have to be any land
in sight
and you're still dead in the water.
Enough!

Cheers,
Ellen



If the wind is pushing you backwards, then that means there is wind. On a
Sunfish, you simply grab the boom with your hand and push it out into the
wind
that is blowing you backwards. You will now be in Alcort's undocumented
"reverse
gear" and you will have instant rudder control. For that matter, it's a
SUNFISH,
so you can either paddle with your hands like a surfboard, or dive in the
water
and push or pull it. Yank the dagger board and paddle with that if it
thrills
you. The only way I would ever consider a Sunfish NUC is if it is
capsized, or
it was adrift with no one alive and consious on it.

CWM