OK Scout,

Taking the "TACK" terms farther;
Ready A'bout;
Give every one a chance to do their assignments. Head Sail sheet handler
to get winch handles ready, excess slack taken out of the "Lazy Sheet,"
Sheet tailer if you have one to clear the lines and get in position to
take up on the sheet as it becomes available.

The Main sheet trimmer to get the Traveler lines ready ( I like to have
my main down a bit on a Tack to get it drawing as soon a possible and
then trimming to the new tack.)

Ready;
That's to check that the crew has completed their assigned tasks and are
waiting for the new Tack. If they aren't ready, it's their time to let
the Helm or Skipper know there may be a problem.

If no objection; Helm is put A'Lee and announced it "Helm's A'Lee"

About the Mac 26. I had heard there was problems with the rudder on the
early model, which has been corrected.
I've never heard of a Hull failure. Has anyone else?

There sure as hell are enough of them out there and they seem to be
holding up OK..




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Thom Stewart scribbled thusly:
On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee


Depends on the boat, on the situation, on the crew.
Generally, when day sailing, I'll say something like, "Sorry
to change the subject, but we need to tack." Then the people
have to be advised about putting their drink in a secure
place or holding onto it. Then everybody wants to help and
the muddle has to be sorted out. But most of the time, we're
on boats I can handle myself if there aren't too many bodies
in the way.


OzOne wrote
Yep, that's OK.
We mostly race and with a very close understanding of our situation
and tactics that borders on telepathy., the commands are often
something like
" What do you reckon?"
"Yep, let's go"
To which the helm is then pushed down.

Yes but everybody is focussed on sailing. A good crew should
not only be aware of the developing situation in the race &
on the boat, but should have the sheets ready very soon
after the last tack.

The best crew I sailed with would often just say, "Look at
number 123 (or whoever), we need to tack" as he was shifting
his feet & grabbing the lazy sheet; knowing that I'd be
putting the helm down before he finished the sentence. Or
I'd say "Gotta go! Now!" and the helm would be moving as I
spoke.


Capt. JG wrote:
We say... "umm" ... then we tack.


Yeah but you West Coast guys are always so reserved and
understated.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Yeah Scotty,

Different situation do warrant different commands. One of my variations
is; "Down Jazz", often followed by; "Down Damnit, Jazz"

I've helded up a tack because of a call from inside the Head of " Wait a
Minute, wait a minute!"

That is why the procedure is used. It's a good idea and works.




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Well I think I got what I was looking for. I think Tackin' was probably
what was said but if I manage to scrape the funds together to get a
small cruiser I will absolutely use Scotty's
"Aarrrrg prepare to come about ya scurvy dogs".
Then
"come about, smartly, ya bilge rats". I think that is a lingo that is
just beggin to come back.

Thanks again and stay tuned for more simpleton questions like this one.