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

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

Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




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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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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

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Scott,

On boat, when I had one was;

Ready a'bout
Ready
Helm a'lee




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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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"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

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
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"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

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.