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?

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.

No... deploy your anchor. :-)

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

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
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.

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.

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.

"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.
|
| Which side do you back the main to sail off on a port
| tack?
|
| What else do you need to do?


Back the main to starboard. Then you wait till you have some sternway so the rudder will work.
Then you push the tiller to port and the stern will go to starboard and the bow will fall of to port.

Cheers,
Ellen

Wrong again.

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"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"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.
|
| Which side do you back the main to sail off on a port
| tack?
|
| What else do you need to do?


Back the main to starboard. Then you wait till you have some sternway
so the rudder will work.
Then you push the tiller to port and the stern will go to starboard and
the bow will fall of to port.

Cheers,
Ellen

Most boats, but not all will push the stern to
the side opposite the main is backed.

If the boat had a tiller you would push it to starboard
as the boat is sailing backwards. Once the bow swings
down, sail off on a close haul or whatever point of sail you
choose on a port tack.


Ellen MacArthur 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.
|
| Which side do you back the main to sail off on a port
| tack?
|
| What else do you need to do?


Back the main to starboard. Then you wait till you have some sternway so the rudder will work.
Then you push the tiller to port and the stern will go to starboard and the bow will fall of to port.

Cheers,
Ellen

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
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?


Port side.


What else do you need to do?


Turn the wheel to port.

Flash your back-up lights..

SBV

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?


Sheesh, doesn't anybody here know how to sail backwards?

Push the boom out to starboard. Center the tiller. Wait for the boat
to start moving backwards. Move the tiller slightly to starboard (not
too much or you'll stop the boat by using the rudder as a brake.) The
boat will start backing around presenting the port side to the wind.
Once you've turned enough that you're on a close reach heading, trim in
the main, center the tiller and start saiing forward.


What else do you need to do?

Learn not to get stuck in irons when sailing under main alone?

//Walt