ok as some may know I dont know how to sail and bought one anyway, first day out rasied main sail and boat moved,"now heres where better advice may be givin" nobody EVER told me that raising the jib sail was like strapping on the coyotes acme rockets , soon as I raised that sail the boat healed and I sh*t. now I'm moving and playing it sec by sec wind is coming in at 12oclock I'm popinted at 10 oclock and thinking ok bout to run outa water here need to turn so I change rudder bow shoots RIGHT by 10clocl and now settles at 3oclock all a sudden sails fill boat tips over,wife races to high side a boat"faster then Ive ever seen her move in 18 yrs. boat rights itself I hop up and take down both sails in a time no expert sailor has ever seen or heard of. we motor home ,,, 2nd sail up the sails boat moves "mindful of sail location with wind direction, learned from last sail" we sail against wind and current was nice time , 3rd sail sail down wind and attempt the "wing on wing" wife runs the jib I have mainsail line in hand and rudder control , it WORKED!!!!" blows on figertips" thats all for now love the boat need to learn more
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Hmph, show off 
Sounds like you're picking it up pretty quickly. Might want to find a nice 'how to sail' book, take it to the cockpit, pop a cold one and sit back and read. Or, continue to scare the bejeepers out of your wife and yourself, either way seems entertaining.
Welcome to sailing!!!
Sounds like you're picking it up pretty quickly. Might want to find a nice 'how to sail' book, take it to the cockpit, pop a cold one and sit back and read. Or, continue to scare the bejeepers out of your wife and yourself, either way seems entertaining.
Welcome to sailing!!!
I'm laughing at myself, and with you! My first time offshore with my wife proved her a sailor if by nothing more than her demonstrations of the colorful aspects of our vernacular. Another thing she proved herself as is a clinometer; she has specific sounds she makes at 5 degree increments of heel, from worry, to wimper, hoot, holler and scream...I won't ever dare 30 degrees again for we are both permanently scarred from me dipping the gun'le...
An excerpt from "The size of the Crew", author unknown:
"If things go wrong, it should always be considered the skippers' fault, even if it is another person who makes the mistake, perhaps because the skipper has not explained the matter properly. Or the skipper has assumed the crew has more ability to do something, such as being a mind reader, whilst doing something on the boat. Bad skippers loudly blame other people for their own inabilities to explain what is needed; good skippers quietly decide not to make the same mistake again. The best skippers quietly thank their crew for helping extract the boat from the skippers' lack of skill."
There is a bit more I can post later or send along- all excellent advice I wish I had before I started. I don't know how to sail, either, but we live and learn and I hope to never know it all.
An excerpt from "The size of the Crew", author unknown:
"If things go wrong, it should always be considered the skippers' fault, even if it is another person who makes the mistake, perhaps because the skipper has not explained the matter properly. Or the skipper has assumed the crew has more ability to do something, such as being a mind reader, whilst doing something on the boat. Bad skippers loudly blame other people for their own inabilities to explain what is needed; good skippers quietly decide not to make the same mistake again. The best skippers quietly thank their crew for helping extract the boat from the skippers' lack of skill."
There is a bit more I can post later or send along- all excellent advice I wish I had before I started. I don't know how to sail, either, but we live and learn and I hope to never know it all.
You sound like me, first time she heeled over it scared the crap out of me, not used to a boat that size being so tender. I had thoughts of the water ballast sloshing us all the way over...lol
Once I took her out with my husband, and in a rush to get down the sails(he is a motorboat guy, and my boat scared him..) I broke my toe.. serves me right for going barefoot
Once I took her out with my husband, and in a rush to get down the sails(he is a motorboat guy, and my boat scared him..) I broke my toe.. serves me right for going barefoot
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