Seamanship Question #25
 

If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?

Seamanship Question #25
 

"Club Haul" her. I've read enough novels of sailing ships. Drop your
anchor while underway on the side you want to turn towrds

Seamanship Question #25
 

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?

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?

Seamanship Question #25
 

Yeah... that would do it.

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www.sailnow.com

wrote in message
oups.com...
"Club Haul" her. I've read enough novels of sailing ships. Drop your
anchor while underway on the side you want to turn towrds

Seamanship Question #25
 

Bart Senior wrote:
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.


One of Boobsie's Ebay paddles?


Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?


You could aim the speakers of your entertainment center to
the fore leeward quarter, and play Megadeath Live at full
volume. The sound would bounce off the approaching shore and
push the head of the vessel around.

DSK

Seamanship Question #25
 

Bart Senior wrote:
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?


Use your galley table as a rudder, but you'd better hold on tight

Seamanship Question #25
 

Bart Senior wrote:
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?


throw an old sail off the lee side of the bow?

Seamanship Question #25
 

"katy" wrote in message
...
Bart Senior wrote:
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?


throw an old sail off the lee side of the bow?

wouldn't that gybe?

Seamanship Question #25
 

How long before you must tack?

1. Anchor and fix the rudder.

2. Throw dinghy anchor over the windward side.

3. Throw Lisa overboard and have her push the bow over.

Scotty





"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
If you have lost your rudder, what can you
use to steer the vessel besides it's sails.

Say for example you have a tack you have to
make, or risk running aground. What can
you do to positively insure you get the bow
through the eye of the wind?

Seamanship Question #25
 

Thats Commode Rob aka Bobspirt. He sells bad trow away boat crap on
e-bay. He has several - feedbacks for selling crap that don't work.
Buyers beware!

He's a thief and a liar and goes by bobspirt, Rusty, BB, and Commode
Joe RedCloud that he stole the name from me. That the only way he has
the balls to post, beside when he sucking on someones balls, then he's
to busy to post.


Joe