On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:05:04 -0400, "katysails"
wrote:

Every sailor does not sail on the jib alone at some time or
another...sailboats are made to sail with main alone, not jib alone....

We got back from an overnight outing to Little Narrgansett Bay (adjacent to
Watch Hill, RI). There's a fairly narrow channel which runs east-west. We
sailed west with a westerly wind under the Genoa cause I couldn't figure out how
to dump the main without turning the boat.

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:59:06 -0400, "katysails"
wrote:


We
sailed west with a westerly wind under the Genoa cause I couldn't figure out how
to dump the main without turning the boat.

If you couldn't figure out how to dump the main, then the main was still up....right? So then you weren't sailing under genny
alone...right??

Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington harbor
before we entered the channel.

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

I'll confess also - today we were out with guests (with 3 young kids) for a few hours
around the harbor. After powering around the tourist sights, I wanted to do a bit of
sailing, but the wind was 12-25, and there was a 70% chance of showers and t'storms. Not
a day to be too ambitious, but it was a beam reach, so we just pulled the jib and reached
out to the middle harbor, where it got very choppy, then jibed and reached back in. Not
optimal, but we were still doing 6+ knots, my guest was steering the entire time, and
everyone had fun.

BTW, it still hasn't rained a drop, and there's nothing on the nexrad.


"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:59:06 -0400, "katysails"
wrote:


We
sailed west with a westerly wind under the Genoa cause I couldn't figure out how
to dump the main without turning the boat.

If you couldn't figure out how to dump the main, then the main was still up....right?
So then you weren't sailing under genny
alone...right??

Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington harbor
before we entered the channel.

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington harbor
before we entered the channel.

That's better...I was beginning to wonder if you were starting to suffer from some Alien disease....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

I think he was- sailing west into a westerly and couldn't depower the
main?????????

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:
Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington harbor
before we entered the channel.

That's better...I was beginning to wonder if you were starting to suffer from some Alien disease....

He said sailing west ON a westerly.

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
I think he was- sailing west into a westerly and couldn't depower the
main?????????

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:
Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington
harbor
before we entered the channel.

That's better...I was beginning to wonder if you were starting to suffer
from some Alien disease....

The boom is limited in how far forward it can swing by the aft lower shrouds.
Running close to dead downwind, the sail is still going to be filled with air
with the mainsheet all the way out.

What is the problem -you just let the mainsheet out!

Cheers MC

Gerard Weatherby wrote:
We
sailed west with a westerly wind under the Genoa cause I couldn't figure out how
to dump the main without turning the boat.



S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

If you sailed west with a westerly wind you were beating ne c'est pas?

Cheers MC

Gerard Weatherby wrote:
The boom is limited in how far forward it can swing by the aft lower shrouds.
Running close to dead downwind, the sail is still going to be filled with air
with the mainsheet all the way out.


What is the problem -you just let the mainsheet out!

Cheers MC

Gerard Weatherby wrote:

We
sailed west with a westerly wind under the Genoa cause I couldn't figure out how
to dump the main without turning the boat.




S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org