"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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| How do you sail off a dock when the wind is
| setting you towards the dock. [Assume an end-tie
| situation with no motor] 1 pt


That's easy for a small boat like a Sunfish. Just
give it a nice strong push. But for a bigger one I guess
you'd have to do something like this. Row out a small
anchor. Set it well out from the dock near the middle of
the boat. Tie the anchor line to the mid-cleat. Set your
sails so they're in the *heave-to* position. Stand near
the middle of the boat and pull it out sideways. Pull the
anchor up. Let go the weather jib sheet and off you go...


the wind's blowing this bigger boat against the dock and
you're going to hoist sail and THEN pull the boat INTO the
wind by hand???

SBV