I went sailing of a J22 for the first time today and am trying to learn
some of the terminology, but for the life of me I can't remember the
opposite of "gybe ho"

Prepare to gybe

Ready

Gybe Ho

what is the litany when you are on tack or tacking?
thanks,
Scott

Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Well, if you're wearing an eye patch and have a parrot on
your shoulder you should yell, '' Aarrrrg prepare to come
about ya scurvy dogs''. Then '' come about, smartly, ya
bilge rats''.

Or you could use, ''ready about'', then ''coming about'' or
''helm's a lee''.

Scotty


"RogueIT" wrote in message
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I went sailing of a J22 for the first time today and am
trying to learn
some of the terminology, but for the life of me I can't
remember the
opposite of "gybe ho"

Prepare to gybe

Ready

Gybe Ho

what is the litany when you are on tack or tacking?
thanks,
Scott

Hey Thom...

Back when I was kid in the early 50's learning how to sail on
small boats (simular to a Star class)... I thought the command
was:

"Ready about... hard to lee..!"

Of course a great many years have passed since I heard those type
of orders. :-)

Bill

Bill,

There is a huge difference between helm's alee and hard alee. Hard Alee
mean the helm is hard against the stops while helms alee means just
enough to bring the bow across the wind without the rudder acting as a
break. Very important in Racing.

Bill, it's a point I won't argue. I'm just saying how I did it.




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We say... "umm" ... then we tack.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:28:18 -0700, (Thom Stewart)
scribbled thusly:

Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

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.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Thanks Thom,
I never heard that until I took a fellow from San Diego sailing with me. He
yelled it out as we were tacking so I asked him what the heck that meant. He
said he had no clue but had heard others belting it out. We laughed, but it
stuck so I've used it ever since.
Scout

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

"RogueIT" wrote in message
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I went sailing of a J22 for the first time today and am trying to learn
some of the terminology, but for the life of me I can't remember the
opposite of "gybe ho"

Prepare to gybe

Ready

Gybe Ho

what is the litany when you are on tack or tacking?
thanks,
Scott

The skipper used to say:

Ready about
Helm's alee.

The crew chief now says "tacking" instead of "helm's alee"

They will also mention to the crew that we are going to tack before the
sequence.

John Cairns

With my wife aboard I say,

''Honey , I'm going to tack soon'',
''Watch your head''
''Tacking!''


Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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We say... "umm" ... then we tack.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

OzOne wrote in message
...
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:28:18 -0700,
(Thom Stewart)
scribbled thusly:

Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

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.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting
you.

I am surprised that after all those messages nobody has mentioned:-
'Ready about'
'Lee-oh'

Learned that many years ago and have used it all my life.

Edgar

"John Cairns" wrote in message
et...

"RogueIT" wrote in message
ps.com...
I went sailing of a J22 for the first time today and am trying to learn
some of the terminology, but for the life of me I can't remember the
opposite of "gybe ho"

Prepare to gybe

Ready

Gybe Ho

what is the litany when you are on tack or tacking?
thanks,
Scott

The skipper used to say:

Ready about
Helm's alee.

The crew chief now says "tacking" instead of "helm's alee"

They will also mention to the crew that we are going to tack before the
sequence.

John Cairns