What is a"GYBE"

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What is a\"GYBE\"

Is this something yachties do not like to do under any circumstances

I am familiar with a lot of the terminology of sailing but this one has me confused
I think it something to do with turning the boat but do not understand why peep do not like to do it
I thought i would ask here as I cant be ar%ed to google
 
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I thought i would ask here as I cant be ar%ed to google


[/ QUOTE ] Why should anyone be ar%ed to reply then?
 
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The Chinese do them as well

[/ QUOTE ] No you are getting confused with cricket. A "chinaman" is left hand leg spinner or something.
 
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A gybe is when you turn your arse through the wind as opposed to your nose which is a tack. Nothing wrong with a gybe, but pay close attention to the main sheet. It is used when running. Not having a great fear, and having some understanding of it is a very useful thing when sailing.
Nicki
 
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do not understand why peep do not like to do it

[/ QUOTE ]Simply because yotties are, in spite of common perception, even lazier than moboers, and gybe is often unnecessary... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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I understand Chinese Gybe to mean an unintentional gybe under spinnaker. Been on board during quite a few, seen lots more. Teaches you to hang on!
 
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It's when you make an insulting comment, such as
"your mother is an hamster and your father smells of elderberries".
Seldom used nowadays.
 
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I thought i would ask here as I cant be ar%ed to google


[/ QUOTE ] Why should anyone be ar%ed to reply then?

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Now that was a good jibe! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Rubbish.
If you can't gybe then you are sailing under the misconception that you can sail.
It's like driving a car, but being terrified of reversing.

It's a part of getting about. It's a safe procedure as long as you do it under control. Same as anything else in life. You often make a decision about tacking or gybing and the only consideration should be whether you end up on the better course.
 
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True Lakesailor true. However I remember one night coming up from Land's End to North Devon when I spent the entire night crash gybing up the North Cornish coast in a F8 SW wind 'cause I had the main and not the jib up, on my own, cursing myself for not having configured my sail plan correctly.
Hasn't put me off gybing though. Possibly enhanced my technique. In fact it taught me not to worry to much.
Nicki
 
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I spent the entire night crash gybing

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Something redolent of the expression 'Arze' and 'Elbow' comes to mind....

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[/ QUOTE ]'Poor boat' and 'seamanship' also come to mind. You can change a sailplan after all. It might be uncomfortable for a few minutes while you put the boat on a reach to get the main down, but a genoa only run works quite well. We could also discuss 'preventors' again, but its not time to argue about them again yet.
 
Re: What is a\"GYBE\"

There has been another thread on the meanings of "gybe" and "tack". Tack simply means changing course so that the wind comes on the other side. This can be either through the wind, or with the wind astern (gybe).
 
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