| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
|
#11
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
hello
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:10:15 -0600, Vic Smith wrote: On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:06:42 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:59:59 -0500, wrote: We immediately struck sails and tied everything down tight. It's been my experience on several different boats that you are better off with a double or triple reefed main and no jib. Having a little bit of main sail up gives you far more control with only minimal risk of being over powered. On boats with a very large main sail and/or minimal reef points, a small staysail or storm jib might be the way to go. But then you don't have the mighty Yammie 9.9 OB to keep way, do you? Hey, just kidding. I know you're kidding but you raise an interesting point regarding outboards as a sailing aux. Because of the mounting location at the far stern of the boat, outboards, even with a long shaft, are very vulnerable to pulling the prop out of the water as the boat pitches in big waves. This is not conducive to good motoring efficiency needless to say and is tough on the motor as it over revs. Actually, it doesn't even take big waves. I've sailed a bit on a J-24 recently and a Santana 525s less recently. Both had issues in moderate chop. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Threaded Mode
