Your vocabulary is going to expand!!
Heaving to is one of my favourites, someone always gets mad whenever
it is discussed here!

On a destroyer in the Navy, the mooring lines were 4 inches and there
were 6 men assigned to each line, the command to "pull the rope" is
"heave to!"

What has been mentioned [back-haul the jib and tie the rudder over]
is the way that everyone learned in school because all schools teach
with a sloop, but if you get a ketch there is a method to heave-to
using the mizzen aswell. And below I pasted a bit from the oxford
dictionary showing a couple other methods. Why I bet there is folks
as traveled around the world and never knew you could use your
spencer to heave-to! hhahhahahhaaa

But the imortant thing about sailing is just kick back and enjoyit,
cause now God has all the power! Stop rushing [bet that's how ya
lost the leg???]

tom
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c. heave to: to bring the ship to a standstill by setting the sails so
as to counteract each other; to make her lie to. (a) trans. with
the ship as obj. (b) intr. or absol.

a. 1775 DALRYMPLE in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 397 Hove the ship to. 1833
M. SCOTT Tom Cringle xv. (1859) 357 'Shorten sail..and heave the ship
to', said the Captain. 1884 A. BRASSEY in Gd. Words Mar. 163/1 We
remained hove-to all the next day.
fig. 1887 STEVENSON Misadv. J. Nicholson iv, [He] was at last hove-to,
all standing, in a hospital.
b. 1781 BLAGDEN in Phil. Trans. LXXI. 337 Soon afterwards we hove-to
in order to sound. 1835 SIR J. ROSS Narr. 2nd Voy. vi. 79 This obliged
us to heave to. 1860 MAURY Phys. Geog. Sea xix. §807 Took in fore and
mizen top-sails; hove to under close-reefed main top sail and spencer.
transf. 1832 MARRYAT N. Forster iii, We must 'heave-to' in our
narrative awhile.



On Mar 15, 3:34 am, "Two meter troll" wrote:
Ok ive spent my life so far driving around the seas in a boat
independant of the wind. Not only that but way way north of places
sane folks take sail boats in the modern era.
I am Ok at navigations, pretty good at marlin spike seamanship, but
the last time i used a sail was on a homemade pram in Bristlebay AK.
just playing around 15 years ago.

Being an old sailor means i figured out that to make it to codger, i
need to ask some questions and learn from other folks experiances.

how do you transition from power boat to sail?
what habits do i need to unlearn?
what safety habits differ from power to sail?
what am I likely to over look when plotting a course for sail as
opposed to power?
Where are the folks i need to talk to about raising kids on boats?
ports of call and boat yards in the pacific where you can get good
work done cheap?
side band channels to monitor for info and tips?
quick guides to what not to do in various ports?
where to avoid and why?
groups to sail with?
income at sea?
And whole bunches more.
I have the mother of all maritime links, and news groups, etc.
And currently i have time due to a crushed leg.
Thanks in advance.
2MT