You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

What is the best way to tack the boat?

So you don't know the answer????

OzOne wrote:
On 18 Sep 2006 19:38:30 -0700, scribbled
thusly:

You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

He was sailing it like a mono

What is the best way to tack the boat?

Like a multi!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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

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OzOne wrote:
On 18 Sep 2006 19:38:30 -0700, scribbled
thusly:

You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

He was sailing it like a mono

What is the best way to tack the boat?

Like a multi!



So you don't know the answer????

Oz gave the right answer. You steer the boat through the wind. If you
throw the helm over, ala monohull, the rudders stall and stop the boat.

Max

wrote:

What is the best way to tack the boat?

The rudder?

1) Get a jib. :-)
2) Don't rush the tack, since the boat will likely stall (unlike a mono).
3) Don't worry too much if it starts to back in the middle of the tack.
It'll recover, and away you'll go.

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

wrote in message
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You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

What is the best way to tack the boat?

wrote:
So you don't know the answer????

So you are an idiot and don't know Usenet protocol of clipping and
responding on the aft? When will you ever learn, if not now?

LP (thinking everyone who top-posts is an idiot!)



OzOne wrote:
On 18 Sep 2006 19:38:30 -0700, scribbled
thusly:

You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

He was sailing it like a mono

What is the best way to tack the boat?

Like a multi!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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

OzOne wrote:
Yeah, I do, but a simple explanation is very difficult unless you are
actually in a position to demonstrate


Oh c'mon, at least you can discuss some of the differences
handling a cat and a mono.

Like (as others have mentioned) using the rudders gradually
instead of just pushing the helm over. Using the mainsheet
to help turn (smart monohull sailors do this too). etc etc

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"DSK" wrote

OzOne wrote:
Yeah, I do, but a simple explanation is very difficult unless you are
actually in a position to demonstrate


Oh c'mon, at least you can discuss some of the differences handling a cat
and a mono.

Like (as others have mentioned) using the rudders gradually instead of
just pushing the helm over. Using the mainsheet to help turn (smart
monohull sailors do this too). etc etc

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Doug since Oz can't answer the question, maybe you should.

DSK wrote:


Oh c'mon, at least you can discuss some of the differences handling a
cat and a mono.

Like (as others have mentioned) using the rudders gradually instead of
just pushing the helm over. Using the mainsheet to help turn (smart
monohull sailors do this too). etc etc

It's really not that different than what you do with a monohull, *if
you're doing it right*. Yes, with a monohull you can throw the tiller
over hard and spin the boat in it's own length, but that's not the most
efficient way to tack because you lose a lot of boatspeed. A cat just
punishes you a lot more for stalling the rudder. It's the same principle.


//Walt

wrote:

You just aquired a Hobie 17. This boat does not
have a jib--just a mains'l. The fellow who gave it
to you compained he could not tack the boat.

What was he likely doing wrong?

Who the fark knows? Ineptitude knows no bounds. There used to be a
hobie 17 in these parts whose owners didn't know how to lower the main
sail, so they just left it up to flog 24/7.


What is the best way to tack the boat?

1. Make sure you have decent boat speed before the tack. i.e. you're not
pinching. That may mean footing off a bit if necessary

2. Easy with the tiller! You want a big wide turn, not a sharp angle. If
you stall the tiller the boat will stop. Since most cats have
signigicant weather helm, you can usually just let the tiller go slack
in your hand and the boat will round up nicely. No need to push it over.

3. Trim in the main to help the boat turn up into the wind. Once you
pass head to wind, ease it so that it doesn't fight you through the rest
of the turn.

4. Keep turning until you are on a close reach, then trim in the main
and sail off.

5. If you do get stuck in irons, center the tiller, backwind the main
(on the opposite side to where it was before you tacked) and once you
start moving backwards push the tiller *slightly* the opposite way that
you had it to tack. The boat will back around to the new tack. GOTO 4.

//Walt