tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post6551968973872660716..comments2024-03-26T06:23:27.120+00:00Comments on Arwen's meanderings: Sailing under jib and mizzenstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-28389597801581003692013-01-03T13:40:21.209+00:002013-01-03T13:40:21.209+00:00Happy new year Wayne. Good to hear from you.Hope y...Happy new year Wayne. Good to hear from you.Hope you and family are well.<br />I think your first para described the situation really well and your subsequent points, as always, make sense and resonate with what I experienced. Thanks for the suggestions. Stay in touch. Look forward to hearing about your 2013 voyages<br /><br />Stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-91718808366736882332013-01-03T03:20:50.907+00:002013-01-03T03:20:50.907+00:00Steve:
It looks like you are facing the same prob...Steve:<br /><br />It looks like you are facing the same problem I had when sailing under jib and mizzen in Sandusky Bay. I found it to be most problematic when the winds dropped slightly, but the water was still quite lumpy. It was especially bad when trying to go upwind. The boat was making very slow progress, and would periodically try to bear off, even with the tiller hard to leeward. This could only be recovered by momentarily easing the jib.<br /><br />In retrospect, I think this was due to the centerboard stalling. If you think about it, the rudder turns the boat around the centerboard. If the centerboard has stalled and is slipping to leeward and the rudder has not stalled, the boat will want to fall off rapidly to leeward, even with the tiller hard a lee.<br /><br />The solution I found was to hoist a reefed main (maybe double reefed in your case) and continue that way. Based on the GPS track, I was able to point significantly higher with the reefed main in addition to sailing faster (3 knots vs 2 knots). I have found with Good Enough that the centerboard likes to stall when sailing too close to the wind at low speed. This is especially so when under jib and mizzen.<br /><br />I hope this helps.<br />WayneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com