Uncle Tom tacks and gybes

I agree, Tack was quite sharp, but the gybe seemed to involve a large amount of faffing after the main had gone over.
 
Not sure I'd be too happy with that, but thank heavens nobody wants to post my sailing on tinternet for forumites to discus!
 
The sainted Mr Cunliffe seems to have forgotten that it's a good idea to ease the mainsheet briskly after a gybe otherwise the boat will fall over. Good job it's a light day. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That noisy Mobo and the camera probably put him off, shame.


PS Wot no kite?
 
I'm glad I'm not a sailing superhero (GaffMan?) or I dread to think what'd be said here about my gybing technique. And that's only when I do it on purpose!
 
What bad seamenship .... not once did he look behind him during the Gybe .. how did he know the change of course wasn't going to put him in the path of another vessel? Shame on him! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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it's a good idea to ease the mainsheet briskly

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I agree, Tack was quite sharp,

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Quite sharp, should have been sharper. The jib flapped a bit too much /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
He makes a great deal of flaking the jib-sheet. My routine is to coil it "left-handed" which counters the twists on the winch which then lift off more easily. Agree about the gybe.
 
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it's a good idea to ease the mainsheet briskly

[/ QUOTE ] Anyone got a way of doing this in a good breeze without either burning your hand or wearing a glove?

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yep, I can put the mainsheet round a winch once. It takes the friction and can make a very controlled release. My main problem in jibing is SWMBO being worried about it when it is blowing more than a 10kn. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
 
I have an answer to this SWMBO problem; when things get too exciting I call out "get the camera" and she beetles off leaving me to enjoy the fun. When she comes up for air she's forgotten what she was worried about.
 
Erm, in flat water I would be inclined to ease the bow more slowly round to a head to wind position in order to gain some more ground to windward. However the silver haired doyen of yachting correct-form is a long keel gaff man which could explain his eagerness to get through the wind.

The magazine write up explains the flapping jib on the new tack as a deliberate pinching technique to get everything sheeted in before bearing off to an optimum closehauled angle.

What gives me the willies is the opening few seconds of the gybe video where the crew is standing full up in the cockpit looking behind while the genoa is saying goosewing me.
 
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