I’m comparing jibes in wind on the ocean to airplane landings. If you walk away it was a good one.
The one at 19:00 I was ok with - the sail was reefed and the wind was low enough that the impact wasn’t bad. But yeah the one at 20:00 was more than I’d be comfortable with.there are a couple of jibes he does from 19:00 to 20:00 that just made me nervous to watch. What do you think?
Those are uncontrolled jibes. I can understand your concern. I would not jibe in that fashion.but there are a couple of jibes he does
I like to use a boom brake; Wichard’s Gyb’easy. If an accidental gybe does occur the effect is tamped down some; perhaps a lot.Those are uncontrolled jibes. I can understand your concern. I would not jibe in that fashion.
First, I set a preventer to stop that from happening.
Even though the conditions in the video are benign to moderate, it can make for a real bad day should something break.
The preventer creates a way to control the jibe by use of the sheets, both Main and preventer.
Not when your boat has mid-boom sheeting, and the sheet is all in front of the dodger.One can accomplish the same by pulling the Mainsheet in and letting it out.
With a preventer you have complete control. You let out on the preventer line while you haul in on the Mainsheet. When the sail crosses mid line you let out on the Mainsheet. You then need to reset the preventer. In doing this you get the opportunity to inspect the boat. Secure any loose lines, make adjustments then settle in on the new tack. You see he goes forward and adjusts the jib pole for the new wing and wing tack. Going forward to reset the preventer is no big deal.
As you can see, when the boom gybes you must reset the preventer to the other side of the boat; i.e. to the port bow strong point. You must detach the boom from the starboard preventer line then attach to a port preventer line. To stablize the boom for this action, you'd likely need to trim the mainsheet to remove slack. Most users would have a "lazy preventer" set up and ready to go following completion of the gybe. As the boom nears amidships the "holding power" of the preventer diminishes.
@Mifeo 's diagram shows the the attachment pointsOk, this is new to me, how do you rig a preventer?
what is needed?