jfkal
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Maybe silly. What does the intruction "lashing the tiller to leeward" mean? The rudder is then to windward??
Nautical term lashing tiller to xxxxward?
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trouville
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means heaving up dosent it?
gjeffery
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It means lashing the helm down(wind), so that the boat rounds up.
Evadne
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If you back the jib and loosen off the main at the same time, then in most monohulls you are "hove-to".
Lintie
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Maybe silly. What does the intruction "lashing the tiller to leeward" mean? The rudder is then to windward??
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The tiller is set to turn the boat into the wind against the pressure of the backed jib. As the boat turns, the main spills a little wind and allows the jib to turn her away from the wind. As this happens, the main fills again, giving a little forward motion, which allows the rudder to turn her back upwind, when the whole sequence starts again. That's "heaving to" as conventionally practised.
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Maybe silly. What does the intruction "lashing the tiller to leeward" mean? The rudder is then to windward??
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The tiller is set to turn the boat into the wind against the pressure of the backed jib. As the boat turns, the main spills a little wind and allows the jib to turn her away from the wind. As this happens, the main fills again, giving a little forward motion, which allows the rudder to turn her back upwind, when the whole sequence starts again. That's "heaving to" as conventionally practised.
graham
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to save winching the jib up to windward tack and leave the jib sheeted backed on the windward side ,tie the tiller to leeward .Some boats need the main eased a bit others need it tight in.
PuffTheMagicDragon
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means heaving up dosent it?
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Heaving up is what you do when you're seasick!
At that stage you'ld be better off by heaving to
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means heaving up dosent it?
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Heaving up is what you do when you're seasick!
At that stage you'ld be better off by heaving to
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trouville
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your absolutly correct!!
Far better to heav too when heaving up!! the motions far calmer. But hasent everyone had to stop from time to time ? If only for a rest from the motion to make a cup of tea and make an SSB call??
I once hove to for 6+ hours between messina and Malta just to rest and enjoy the seascape in a f 4/5 and less Italy has very good food and wine!
I wasent ill just very tired i kept falling asleep!! Not enough exersise.
Far better to heav too when heaving up!! the motions far calmer. But hasent everyone had to stop from time to time ? If only for a rest from the motion to make a cup of tea and make an SSB call??
I once hove to for 6+ hours between messina and Malta just to rest and enjoy the seascape in a f 4/5 and less Italy has very good food and wine!
I wasent ill just very tired i kept falling asleep!! Not enough exersise.
jfkal
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So -- if I "lash the tiller to leeward" the rudder blade is effectively to WINDWARD right?
The term then relates to where I move the tiller to and not where the rudder blade goes ?!
In other words. If I had a wheel I would turn it to WINDWARD to achieve the same thing??
The term then relates to where I move the tiller to and not where the rudder blade goes ?!
In other words. If I had a wheel I would turn it to WINDWARD to achieve the same thing??
PuffTheMagicDragon
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But hasent everyone had to stop from time to time ? If only for a rest from the motion to make a cup of tea and make an SSB call??
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I used to do it regularly to prepare food and to brew some coffee. Nowadays I don't do it so often because my present boat has a tillerpilot.
Be careful when heaving-to between Messina and Malta, especially if you are very close to the Sicilian coast, especially in the region of Siracusa. The gregale (north-east wind) can become quite nasty very quickly, usually in the afternoon.
But hasent everyone had to stop from time to time ? If only for a rest from the motion to make a cup of tea and make an SSB call??
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I used to do it regularly to prepare food and to brew some coffee. Nowadays I don't do it so often because my present boat has a tillerpilot.
Be careful when heaving-to between Messina and Malta, especially if you are very close to the Sicilian coast, especially in the region of Siracusa. The gregale (north-east wind) can become quite nasty very quickly, usually in the afternoon.