Point to you Jon.

If you have a tow behind you, you can use a tow line
lead to the bow on the leeward side, releasing it from
the stern.

What got me thinking about this question was a
Patrick O'Brien story that started out with Luck
Jack towing a dismasted prize into a harbor.
Even with a rudder, it might be hard to tack. He
solved that probelm by rigging a bridle to the bow
and used the tow for the manuever.

"Capt. JG" wrote
I'm assuming that you don't have time to deploy an emergency rudder... in
that case, you would have to create drag on one side of the boat...
perhaps anchor or short-line drogue off the bow?

Actually, I was thinking that if you're towing using a bridal, you could
shorten one side of it, assuming the point of the triangle of what was being
towed was fixed. That might be enough to help you through a tack. Of course,
then you'd have to reset it.

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Point to you Jon.

If you have a tow behind you, you can use a tow line
lead to the bow on the leeward side, releasing it from
the stern.

What got me thinking about this question was a
Patrick O'Brien story that started out with Luck
Jack towing a dismasted prize into a harbor.
Even with a rudder, it might be hard to tack. He
solved that probelm by rigging a bridle to the bow
and used the tow for the manuever.

"Capt. JG" wrote
I'm assuming that you don't have time to deploy an emergency rudder... in
that case, you would have to create drag on one side of the boat...
perhaps anchor or short-line drogue off the bow?