I'm sorry, but I think that letting out enough line to go out for a nice
sail, really clearly does not qualify as being moored. So, by practically
moored, I mean that the bow is actually being held by the mooring and the
boat is not drifting downwind on 100 fathoms of line. Also not a real
option is attaching helicopter blades and flying up and around. Nor is
communicating with whales via arcane symbols on the spinnaker that tell them
to push the stern to wind.

And is there really any need to resort to name calling, just because
somebody thinks you're being slippery in your answer?


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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COP OUT? cop out!!?? listen you no good piece of crap......You're the
one
copping out. You keep changing the question with each answer you get. YOU
asked a question...I gave you a correct answer. Now, bugger off if you
can't handle the truth!

''practically moored?'' WTF does that mean?

SV



"Blorgad" wrote in message
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Scott,

That is a cop out. Sure if you let out enough line, then your boat will
behave as though not moored. You have just described one of the
standard
ways of sailing away from a mooring once you let yourself off of it.
However, the question is could you do any such thing while actually and




"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Blorgad" wrote ...
Let's pretend that you knew what you were doing.

Sure, I do that all the time.

How would you use your
sails to turn a normal fractional-rig sloop aft to wind while on a
mooring?

I would pay out more line, say 600' or so, then backwind the jib till
the
bow starts turning downwind, set the jib and steer downwind. Easy, eh?

SV