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Sailing advise needed
Is this typical?
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Permalink Reply by Hans Petrie on
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Presuming you have a Ketch rig and are using all 4 sails I would advise as follows:
In very light wind you can come about by jibing rather than tacking. However, what I usually do is fall off from a reach to a beam reach to pick up speed. Then turn the wheel over about 50% of full - if you turn it too far it will act like a break. As it comes about you can then turn it over all the way. Let the jib backwind (like a heave to). Usually it will help bring the front about. If you cut the jib sheet to soon you will end up in irons. Once it starts to come around you can then release the jib sheet and sheet in on the opposite side.
Indeed the Newport 40 is not a light wind sailboat unless you use a spinnaker or a gennicker. They were designed to be motored in really light wind or you have to use really light air sails.
On the plus side I just got my jib rigged up with a downhaul so I don't have to climb out on the bowsprit. With a clean bottom I sailed from Santa Barbrara to Santa Cruz Island and Past Anacapa Island. It was blowing around 25 knots and I was doing hull speed at around 7.5 knots upwind or downwind with the same sail plan. When the wind whipped up to gale force you can heave-to and the boat sits there nicely - nice and calm with the wind howling around and the waves are less intense. Then you can drop the jib with the downhaul right onto the deck - tie it up. Then head back to the cockpit and fall off and sail with the self tending staysail. You don't go as fast but it is much easier to handle in heavy winds. Then, if it gets really nasty you can drop the mizzen and sail with the main and the staysail and the boat is perfectly balanced.
I do not recommend sailing with the jib and mizzen actually because the mizzen mast is weak compared to the main mast. Unless you have running (removable) back stays which I do not. They are a hassle anyway.
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Permalink Reply by Tony Zavilenski on
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This is exactly the information I needed. Thanks for your prompt response. I will let you know how my next effort turns out.
Tony
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