Posted by Lorman, Alvin J. (ajlorman@…>)
Actually, Mike, those of us who sail on the Chesapeake and consider 15 kts a gift from God during July and August have very little sympathy for your problem! (Just kidding.)
Al
-----Original Message-----From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mike cunninghamSent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 10:45 AMTo: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] F 30 high wind sail plan
Jay,That’s pretty much the answer I was expecting. Sounds like my options are pretty limitedrun off the wind with minimal or no sailminimize sail and motorsail Find shelter— Jay Glen <svfantasy@myyacht.com> wrote:> Mike,> > I also sail SF Bay and the California coast on my> Freedom 40 Cat-Ketch. Typically, when the wind is> approaching 30 kts offshore the sea conditions make> it very difficult to make any headway to weather.> You will find that all you are accomplishing is> beating yourself, and the boat, to death. 30 kts of> wind and head seas can be very dangerous to your> equipment, and most cruising boats willnot do very> well in those conditions, unless you are sailing off> the wind. These are the kind of conditions that I> usually motor-sail to windward, to make any way. A> storm jib and tri-sail can keep you more> comfortable, but the seas alone will pretty much> keep your progress to a minimum. A four reef would> be a waste of your money. I’m not aware of any boats> that have four reefs in the main. And I’ve sailed> the Bay and coast for over 30 years. Cruising boats> just don’t go offshore in these conditions on> purpose. But you should be prepared for these> conditions in case you find conditions worsening.> Then you try to run to a safe harbor.> > Jay> F-40 “Fantasy”> ----- Original Message ----- > From: mike cunningham > To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 7:21 AM> Subject: [freedomyachts2003] F 30 high wind sail> plan> > > I own a standard Mull 30 and sail California> Delta, SF> Bay. I almost always singlehand. I am going to be> venturing out of the bay in coming months with the> intention of new adventure and increasing my> cruising> experience. I do not race.> > My sailing grounds provide me with an opportunity> to> routinely experience sustained winds of 25 to 30> Kts> with occasional gusts to 35 or 40 on “special”> days.> I would like to plan strategies for such winds at> sea.> > I am usually to the 3rd reef and jib when winds> reach> 25Kts. After a lot of trial and error I’ve learned> to> depower the main through a good, flat, reef and> use of> the traveller. However, when the wind gets up> above> 30Kts. I’m feeling overpowered. > > In the bay, 30Kts is still easily sailable if you> can> properly depower so I have two questions of more> experienced cruisers.> > 1. At sea is it reasonable to continue productive> sailing to weather in winds in excess of 30Kts? At> what point does sea state and windage overcome> whatever sail configuration you establish? I know> this> is very dependant upon the particular boat, so> assume> a Freedom 30.> > 2. If the answer to 1. is yes. Where do you go> from a> properly triple reefed and trimmed main and jib (I> only have three reefing points on the Harrstik> main)?> I figure I could a. add a fourth reefing point> which> would leave a hanky up there b. Drop the main> altogether which, in experiments, does not work> well> at all - boat doesn’t sail to weather on jib alone> or> c. drop the jib - again, experiments demonststate> that> this is good for a few additional knots of wind> but> badly hurts windward performance. Because the jib> is> so small it doesn’t reduce sail area much.> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam> protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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