shmoo
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When we anchor in any sort of a wind, and not much current, the head on the boat (a Sigma 362) tries to fall away from the wind. This puts the waves on the beam, or just forward of it. Sometimes we even get an uncomfortable yawing from side to side.
Last year I tried an improvised riding sail - actually a Wayfarer foresail from a boat jumble, run up the backstay and sheeted to the binnacle crash bar. This sort of worked. It brought us round a tad more into the wind.
The question(s) is (are) am I on the right track? Would a bigger one really work? How big would it need to be?
Last year I tried an improvised riding sail - actually a Wayfarer foresail from a boat jumble, run up the backstay and sheeted to the binnacle crash bar. This sort of worked. It brought us round a tad more into the wind.
The question(s) is (are) am I on the right track? Would a bigger one really work? How big would it need to be?