Hove To in Stay-less rig

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Hi!

Is there anything particular about a hove to in a stay-less rig? Same procedure? Same feel? Anything I should be thinking about?

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Hi Sandor- I don’t believe stayless is the factor as stayed or stayless should be the same. Rather, if the headsail is self-tending- or not. That should be key. If selftending jib, the weather crew/sheet will need to reworked. Hope that helps..

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Thanks!

I this a self-tending jib. What do I need to think through? Do I need to rework before sailing or just during the maneuver? The jib has a boom.

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Only during the manoeuvre, you will need some kind of preventer to stop the jib self-tacking.

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A snatch block to the weather rail should be all you need. Been meaning to try it sometime myself. Fin keel boats are probably a little bit harder to keep in position. Let us know if you try it.

Mark

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This is extremely helpful. Thank you both!

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I just had to heave to for several hours in pretty heavy seas on Lake Erie when the hose to my fuel lift pump developed an air leak.

I didn’t set any headsail, just locked the rudder over to keep turning into the wind. Spent more time broadside to the wind that way, but it did sail me slowly away from Erie’s south shore in a strong ESE wind.

Sick as a dog from the rolling, but the boat itself was stout as hell. That lift pump leak had been dogging me for weeks until I finding figured it out through the process of eliminating every other cause of engine fuel starvation.