Vito wrote:

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:


Jere Lull wrote:

When in a hurry, I carry the gaskets over my shoulder, drop the sail and
quickly tie up any old way. Might take a minute in adverse conditions,
but the bulk of the sail is tamed within 5-10 seconds of the drop. We
flake the sail properly once things have quieted down.


I do the same. It isn't a problem.



Obviously fair weather sailors.


I would LOVE to be a fair weather sailor, but we do entirely too many
marginal days and go too far on those days to dodge the weather bullet
every time. We are away from the dock 70-80 days out of our 6 month
season and I still work M-F. I'm pretty good about choosing destinations
based on the expected weather, but as a optimist, we have to reef down
or haul down a few times each season.

My definition of a cruiser includes *never* pushing the weather window:
If it don't look just right for the transit, cruisers don't move.

Still, we know we can can enter our marina under sail with 30+ knots
behind us forcing a couple of crash jibes to get through the breakwaters
-- because we've done it. When we have had to do it without *any* power,
it was no big thing because we'd practiced it so many times with the
engine ticking over just in case.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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