Ummm... necessary? No. Easy.. yes. Leave the jib, tack, ease the main,
slowly put the helm back, you're done. What do you do?

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"Walt" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:

That's what the USSailing instructors teach re hove-to. Start on port,
end up on starboard.


Really? They teach you to tack as part of heaving to? Why is this
necessary?

//Walt