lufc71
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Just got back from our first flotilla after having a great time 
We spent a week sailing and motoring around Levkas, Greece. As we only booked one week before travelling we had to take the only boat left; a Jaguar 27'. I wanted to get something around 34'+, so that'll be next year The weather, although always sunny, was a bit changeable wind-wise, going from flat calm to a F6. As we had only recently passed our RYA quals (DS for me and CC for SWMBO) and this would be our first time alone in a yacht, we were really looking forward to it, and I'm pleased to report that everything passed off without a hitch
SWMBO only got nervous once, so I have just one question; what was the best way to handle this scenario? - The wind was predicted to get up nicely in the afternoon so sailing should be good, and we could sail anywhere from our north-facing mooring, which was in a bay with hills all around. A mile north of us was a small island so we sailed around and headed there for lunch anchored on the west (lee) side. No problems so far. However, when we came out of the lee under motor to head south to our bay, the wind had picked up from the east, creating north/south rollers, causing this little boat to pitch a bit (the mast doing a fair impression of a metronome). In an attempt to improve this situation I decided to head into wind and hoist the sails and then set a course to S/E and at a suitable point turn to S/W and head to the bay. The thinking behind this was that it would be preferable to be heading into the waves as much as possible (close-hauled) as opposed to be getting hit side-on (beam reach).
The funny thing was, on the first day of sailing we were on a beam reach with a stronger wind but hardly any waves and were flying along with only the genoa up.
Any comments/advice would be very much appreciated
We spent a week sailing and motoring around Levkas, Greece. As we only booked one week before travelling we had to take the only boat left; a Jaguar 27'. I wanted to get something around 34'+, so that'll be next year
The weather, although always sunny, was a bit changeable wind-wise, going from flat calm to a F6. As we had only recently passed our RYA quals (DS for me and CC for SWMBO) and this would be our first time alone in a yacht, we were really looking forward to it, and I'm pleased to report that everything passed off without a hitch SWMBO only got nervous once, so I have just one question; what was the best way to handle this scenario? - The wind was predicted to get up nicely in the afternoon so sailing should be good, and we could sail anywhere from our north-facing mooring, which was in a bay with hills all around. A mile north of us was a small island so we sailed around and headed there for lunch anchored on the west (lee) side. No problems so far. However, when we came out of the lee under motor to head south to our bay, the wind had picked up from the east, creating north/south rollers, causing this little boat to pitch a bit (the mast doing a fair impression of a metronome). In an attempt to improve this situation I decided to head into wind and hoist the sails and then set a course to S/E and at a suitable point turn to S/W and head to the bay. The thinking behind this was that it would be preferable to be heading into the waves as much as possible (close-hauled) as opposed to be getting hit side-on (beam reach).
The funny thing was, on the first day of sailing we were on a beam reach with a stronger wind but hardly any waves and were flying along with only the genoa up.
Any comments/advice would be very much appreciated
