Balancing act

[oldiesrocker2001]

My V21 also doesn't stay hove to for more than a few moments. I've tried several approaches into it and some people (I don't remember if it was on an earlier thread here) seemed to feel that it was my smallish jib - It came from a precision 19 when it was discovered that the original jib that came with my boat had a hole eaten into it the size of a coffee machine - and is barely 100%. The opinion might have come from my rigger, but then he also insisted that I'd need a spacer at the tack of my main when switching from bolt rope to sail slugs:Liar: .

 

[Douglast]

well the wind was on and off and i was just kind of letting everything go and sneaking looks out my binoculars...and then to my amazement my boat was in a perfect hove to...and the wind picked up a little bit more and she stuck like a tax man after unpaid taxes...it was awesome...now if i could only do it willingly..???...so right now my only advice is...let it go...just let it go...lol..

 

[Joe]

Have you tried heaving to with just the Main? On a some boats you can simply let the main out to leeward, with a preventer to stabilize it so the boom won't rub the shroud...adjust the rudder so the boat lies ahull, the main will windvane as the beam wind pushes the hull slowly sideways. It's worth a shot, anyway, since you're having trouble with the two sail method.

 

[LordNelson]

on my oday 20 i pull the main sheet in tight and release the jib. with the tiller free, the boat will drop off some, but then will round back up into the wind. i do this when i go forward to drop the hanked on jib or if i need to grab something below.

 

[oldiesrocker2001]

I might try that one-sail method, joe. It seems to make more sense than backwinding the jib and has less to worry about if it doesn't work. I have a tiller tamer to lock the rudder in place and jib roller furling. I think I'll have to try it a few times on a day with moderate wind. Now to see if there's enough water left in the lake to launch....

 

[PotomacDaysailer]

Another thing you might try is streaming a sea anchor. Then you could just lie head to wind (unless there is a strong current), or use a bridle from bow and stern to lie at any angle you choose.

 

[Winkfish]

Another thing you might try is streaming a sea anchor. Then you could just lie head to wind (unless there is a strong current), or use a bridle from bow and stern to lie at any angle you choose.

I was thinking that myself, 'course I didn't want to be accused of heresy (or is it blasphemy?).

 

[Stu Jackson]

I think I'll have to try it a few times on a day with moderate wind.

It could well be that there simply wasn't enough wind.