Re: Getting going after a capsise

[Jonas Pollak <jonas_pollak (at) hotmail.com>]

Just let boat accelerate to begin with. It's much easier to gybe if the
boat
is going fast.
Then, when you decide to gybe, try to heel the boat some to windward,
this
will help the boat to bear off, then "help" the sail to change sides by
rapidly sheeting in.
Don't forget to let the vang and cunningham off att the windward mark,
otherwise you will be in a lot of trouble going downwind!!

Regards
Jonas Pollak
SWE #165557

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    From: David Pocock <poey@poey.demon.co.uk>
    Subject: Re: Getting going after a capsise
    Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:39:00 +0000

    Jim and Nick

    Many thanks for the advice. There's some new ideas for me to try
out. I
    think my upwind tension on cunningham and vang are now ok - although
it
    has certainly taken me some time to truly realise how much these
    controls have to be tortured on in strong winds. It was the odd
rogue
    violent header that sent me into an occasional windward capsise on
the
    beat. I had more difficulty reaching - especially bearing away to
gybe
    at the gybe mark - the boat just wanted to accelerate rather than
gybe.
    Any additional thoughts on this would be welcome.

    By the way, Nick, the hiking bench is still going strong. (Nick has
    plans for a good folding hiking bench at:
    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Edeadrock/deadrock/laser_02.htm)

    However if you can find any way of modifying it to make it less
painful
    when I trip over it on the way for a pee in the middle of the night
I
    would be grateful.

    David

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