navigating single handed

[Daydream believer]

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As a famous somebody or other once said: "Yer pays yer money (in my case not very much money) and yer takes yer choice!"

Well, I did buy a second Stella many years later, as a wreck, stripped it to a hull & rebuilt it. I did this as a project, to prove I could. When launched, I realised how much it bruised me & how small & uncomfortable it was, so sold it & bought a new Hanse. Am I glad. Too true.

 

[Poignard]

Well, I did buy a second Stella many years later, as a wreck, stripped it to a hull & rebuilt it. I did this as a project, to prove I could. When launched, I realised how much it bruised me & how small & uncomfortable it was, so sold it & bought a new Hanse. Am I glad. Too true.

Yes good points.

I'm getting old and I might well be looking for something with a bit more comfort in a few years time.

 

[jamie N]

As Poignard states, some very good points. I do sometimes consider going up to a larger volume boat, and was today considering having a punt on a Nic32, until reality and sense kicked in. Firstly, I've got a severe emotional attachment to my current boat, which is the right size for me, as I sail alone. Were I to go to a more powerful and larger boat, what'd I gain?
Oh, by the way, my piece of kit for the nav in the cockpit is (sort of) a tea tray, with a perspex cover. In this fits either a chart or a tablet. It's bulky and heavy enough to stay together and protect the items in it without ever being 'blown away', and dry enough during the usual abuse of North of Scotland sailing.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Interesting. What wind strength did you heave too in?
Did the crew go below & totally leave the helm, or sit nearby & make the odd correction

The helm would normally be lashed.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

All sorts. We have sailed the boat all round the Canary Islands and up to Madeira and back. We always include a bit of sailing practice on the way including heaving to and man overboard procedures. Can't help myself.....

Yes the yacht will heave to and once properly set up, fore reaching slowly, can be left to do its thing.

Especially useful on longer trips as both headsare on the port side of the boat and are more easily used hove to.

More difficult to get off the seat when on the downhill side?

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Hmmm. Not steered ----- cannot argue with that !!!

If you are steering you are just sailing, but under the heavy handicap of the backed jib, "voiler a la cap", the French call it.
Edit:I wonder is that where the word "handicap" comes from?

 

[Daydream believer]

The helm would normally be lashed.

I was actually asking capnsensible about the Hanse 45. My friend has one ( I was on it last Sunday) but he has had no cause to try in the 6 years that he has had the boat.
I know that owners of the the 60ft one say that it does not heave to properly.

 

[capnsensible]

It's not the boat that heaves to properly.....its the people on it.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

I was actually asking capnsensible about the Hanse 45. My friend has one ( I was on it last Sunday) but he has had no cause to try in the 6 years that he has had the boat.
I know that owners of the the 60ft one say that it does not heave to properly.

I can't believe that the skipper of a boat would have " had no cause to try" to heave to. I think that if heaving to is not done for practical purposes during normal sailing, it should be practised a few times every season, along with MOB drill, of which it is an essential part.
From what I have observed on these fora over the years, there seems to be a lack of knowledge of how to actually heave -to.

 

[Daydream believer]

I can't believe that the skipper of a boat would have " had no cause to try" to heave to. I think that if heaving to is not done for practical purposes during normal sailing, it should be practised a few times every season, along with MOB drill, of which it is an essential part.
From what I have observed on these fora over the years, there seems to be a lack of knowledge of how to actually heave -to.

With heaving to ( NOT MOB),why would one need to "practised a few times every season"? One either knows how to do it or not. Do it year one & it should stay with you for the life of the boat.
Of course if one cannot recall what one had for breakfast this morning,

 

[Daydream believer]

It's not the boat that heaves to properly.....its the people on it.

I rather guessed that you were making it up

 

[capnsensible]

I rather guessed that you were making it up

Making what up? What are you 'guessing'?

 

[capnsensible]

With heaving to ( NOT MOB),why would one need to "practised a few times every season"? One either knows how to do it or not. Do it year one & it should stay with you for the life of the boat.
Of course if one cannot recall what one had for breakfast this morning,

Practice makes perfect. There is nothing to be scared of.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

It's not the boat that heaves to properly.....its the people on it.

I am sure Daydream Believer and his friends can heave as far and as well as the next man.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

With heaving to ( NOT MOB),why would one need to "practised a few times every season"? One either knows how to do it or not. Do it year one & it should stay with you for the life of the boat.
Of course if one cannot recall what one had for breakfast this morning,

If one has different combinations of people crewing the boat, they would all need to be on the same page.

 

[jamie N]

Oh, by the way, my piece of kit for the nav in the cockpit is (sort of) a tea tray, with a perspex cover. In this fits either a chart or a tablet. It's bulky and heavy enough to stay together and protect the items in it without ever being 'blown away', and dry enough during the usual abuse of North of Scotland sailing.

The idea was to have both a real paper chart, and my tablet in the splashproof and sturdy container. The tablet fits snugly, with a gap beneath for cooling(?) and any water that may gather. It took an hour to make out of sh1te lying around from previous & ongoing failures on the boat.