To be honest, my answer haunted me a bit when I realized that of
course a larger sloop would certainly act that way. However, my 40
year old dinghy memory is the opposite. Is it possible that a Laser
or an Interclub dinghy would react differently because the mast is
well forward?



wrote:
This might work. More likely you'd be better off with the
boom to starboard.

Jeff wrote:
Bart Senior wrote:
Your 35' sloop is bare headed--the one jib you have is
at the sailmakers for repairs. You are sailing today with
main alone.

You are directly head to wind, in irons, stopped dead
in the water.

For 1 point

Which side do you back the main to sail off on a port
tack?

What else do you need to do?


Boom to port, tiller to starboard.

Of course, if you want to exit the anchorage backwards, you put the
tiller to port.