Ocean Sailing Question
 

You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

Release the jib sheet and put it to the other side.

"N1EE" wrote in message
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You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

On 15 Feb 2004 07:55:22 -0800, (N1EE) wrote:

You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

May we unlash the helm? or are you asking primarily about what to do
with the sail(s)?

Ocean Sailing Question
 

If you're hove-to then somehow the helm was thrown over (unless you mean
you're in irons?). The boat should be oscillating between close hauled with
a backed jib and head to wind. Let it fall off onto the new tack, bring the
jib over, get some speed and tack again. If you absolutely don't have
anyone around to help with moving the headsail then you can drop or luff it
once you're settled on the new back and sail by main alone.



"N1EE" wrote in message
om...
You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

If you're backwinded, it's not clear that it would make much difference
what you do with the helm. Remember, it's 25 kts of wind. That's
significant enough to not want to do anything potentially violent,
such as a gybe. The safest course seems to me to be to release
the offending sail, controlling the sheet and bringing it over. As
soon as the pressure is released from the jib, the boat will start sailing
on the other tack. Then, it's a just a matter of being efficient with the
other sail.

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On 15 Feb 2004 07:55:22 -0800, (N1EE) wrote:

You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

May we unlash the helm? or are you asking primarily about what to do
with the sail(s)?

Ocean Sailing Question
 

I call my Mommy

You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

Go away sockpuppet.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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I call my Mommy

You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

I get Suzanne. She's the sailing expert in our family.

Ocean Sailing Question
 

You didn't read it Brien. Bart said that the helm was lashed.

You're right. It will oscillate, but not probably so far as head to wind.
If you time it right, moving the head sail shouldn't be a problem. You
can certainly get the sail over, but it might not be trimmed properly.
That's easily done by heading up slightly and trimming. If you have
a self-tailer it's easier, but in any case it should be possible to head up
with one hand on the helm and one hand on the sheet. I've certainly
done it while single handing or with students many times in 20+ kts.

"Brien Alkire" wrote in message
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If you're hove-to then somehow the helm was thrown over (unless you mean
you're in irons?). The boat should be oscillating between close hauled
with
a backed jib and head to wind. Let it fall off onto the new tack, bring
the
jib over, get some speed and tack again. If you absolutely don't have
anyone around to help with moving the headsail then you can drop or luff
it
once you're settled on the new back and sail by main alone.



"N1EE" wrote in message
om...
You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind. The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

Bart Senior

Ocean Sailing Question
 

"N1EE" wrote in message
om...
You are the sole watch keeper, at night,
sailing along close hauled in 25 knots
of wind.


I've got some difficulty trying to imagine sailing in 25 kts (30 app.) with
the helm lashed.


The helm is lashed. Suddenly
a squall line comes through and you are
taken aback, and find yourself hove-to
under full sail.

What do you do to get underway again?

I'd put a couple of turns of the lazy sheet around the winch - and let the
sheet go!

What would you do, Bart?


..... And why the hell were you sailing in 30 kts app, with the helm
lashed???


Regards


Donal
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