Hove To In A Ketch
I found with the renown that she sailed much closer to the wind with the mizen sail lowered and the mizen was a pain when on a run blanketting which ever sail was on the same side.
Hove to in a ketch. During the june 1994 queen s birthday storm all yachts that hove to successfully survived the storm. For example you re approaching a mooring under sail and need to bring the bow up to windward a bit just haul the mizzen boom up to windward and it will turn the bow to windward. Heaving to is an ideal technique for riding out a storm but there s an art to it in heavy seas. Skip novak explains how to go about it.
A handy feature of the ketch sail plan is the ability to use the mizzen as an air rudder. The longer the sailboat s keel the easier it will be to heave to. But it was the epitome of good seamanship. Reef first in heavy weather.
As the boat rounds up the main loses power. This included sabre a 10 4 m 34 ft steel cutter with two persons on board which hove to in wind speeds averaging 80 knots for 6 hours with virtually no damage. When hove to your headsail is sheeted to windward your main is loosely sheeted to leeward and you steer to windward. Instead of running through the reef stephen and judy headed for deeper water and stayed 15 miles offshore hove to for the night under a roller reefed genoa and mizzen.
Hi again steve i found heaving to wasn t a problem and she rode hove to very comfortably and easily. When you finish the tack your main has switched sides normal but your headsail is now set against the wind with its clew to windward instead of leeward as usual. A boat with a fin keel in contrast can spin easily and will need to be more carefully balanced. Or drop the main and use the mizzen on a ketch or yawl tack the boat but do not touch anything on your head sail.
Sheet in the main sail. Small video on how to heave to for heavy weather. Once you have come about you bring the helm over steering the boat to windward and fix it there. A boat with a fin keel in contrast can spin easily and will need to be more carefully balanced.