Heaving to

[leobhan]

I haven't been able to find a suitable sail and rudder angle combination to put my Jeanneau 34.2 hove to. Backing the genoa and putting the rudder over doesn't work so I have tried various amounts of genoa and letting the main in and out but it always ends up in the boat sailing off. I am looking for a combination that will put me almost stationary or is this impossible in a modern fin keel design?

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[Ohdrat]

Try scandalizing the main.. us the topping lift sort of reverse to scandalizing a gaff

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[Spacewaist]

Much on this in previous posts. Tom Cunliffe recently wrote on the subject in YM.

Basically with a modern lightweight design such as yours it is going to be difficult to "heave to" and gently fore reach. Sd be possible to slow her down but you'll be running off at about 2-2.5kts

<hr width=100% size=1>A pontification from the Panjandrum of orotund bloviation AD2003

 

[dulcibella]

It's worth reading Lin & Larry Pardey's book on Storm tactics - theyu discuss heaving to in a variety of boat types in various wind strengths.

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[Aeolus_IV]

Just thinking this myself - a good read, worth digging out. They recommend use of "para-anchor" to bring drift down to sub 1 knot. Have to admit to not trying this out yet on Aeolus though.

Jeff.

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[Twister_Ken]

How does she keep sailing?

Tack, or gybe, or somehow keep sailing with a backed jib.

Almost every sail boat should heave to in some fachion, even if they keep a little way on, or if they sllde sideways quite quickly. What you need is a position where the effort of the main and rudder to drive the boat up into the wind is counter-balanced by the effort of the backed foresail to force her to bear away. Well behaved boats will do this very tranquilly, less stable boats tend to hunt upwind or down a little wile remaining moreor less still. If If the main is dominating the genoa, or vice versa, then some degree of adjusting the area of the sails by furling/reefing should do the trick.

<hr width=100% size=1><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.writeforweb.com/twister1>Let's Twist Again</A>

 

[charles_reed]

Not easy on a short fin design, but quite possible.

If you have a solent or working jib (any sail that has no overlap) try that first - my Parker heaves to easily under that sailplan, forereaching at 1 - 1.2 knots.

With the 150% genoa it is possible to heave to in <F3, getting the balance right is far more difficult.

In-mast roller reefing on a masthead design makes it almost impossible, the lack of roach means the genoa always overpowers the main.

<hr width=100% size=1>