"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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"Scotty" wrote

| 3 boat lengths? By the time you weigh anchor you'll be
back
| crashing on the dock.


Not if your fast and not if you don't get in irons.
The secret
is to break loose the anchor from the bottom only when the
bow's
at an angle to the wind. That way your mainsail should
sail you
away from the dock. It should be sheeted in about on the
quarter.
If you use the jib too you have to make sure its full and
not backed
before you break loose the anchor.


For some reason, I can't picture you doing this.

Scotty