"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
How do you heave-to on a junk rig?

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
Doesn't anyone know the answer to this,
because I sure don't. Someone help me
out here.

I don't either. Have read a little about it, but don't know enough to
have an opinion worth typing out.


Scotty wrote:
How do you do it on a cat boat?


Now that I do know. You put the boat slightly above a beam reach, and
ease the sail out until it's flapping idly. The windage of the mast &
sail will tend to make the boat bear away as it slows, so you put the
helm down to keep the bow up. The boat settles down somewhere between a
close reach & close hauled, with the sail filling only slightly &
intermittently, with the helm fixed at an angle that keeps it close to
the right course.

One of the difficulties of cat rigs is that as you reef them, the center
of effort of the sail gets further forward and the boat doesn't balance
well. Same for heaving-to.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King