While atop a ridge trail along Somes sound in Acadia ME this summer I watch a daysailor (possibly a beginer) as he was struggling with some bad gybing techinque. It was a bit scarry to watch. It seemed he was directly downwind and not letting out his main. He was being violently rocked back and forth. As a large yatch sailed by it sounded like everyone aboard was yelling to him "let it out". Well shortly after he did just that and was nicely back on a run or a bit of a broad reach. I got to thinking about accidental gybes and blowing the main under severe winds and such and thought about booms taking out shrouds. I thought a simple solution on my little P15 would be to tie a stop knot in my main sheet at the point right before slapping my riggiing just in case my main sheet slips from my hands on a very windy day. Maybe someone here will tell me why this would not be a good idea. The only downside I could see is a bit of stress on my swiveling tackle bolted to the cockpit floor but would that not be better than the alternative?
Thanks jimmyb
PS> Have heard the same for stopping a center board from slamming the front of the box by tying in a stop knot before point where it hits.
Thanks jimmyb
PS> Have heard the same for stopping a center board from slamming the front of the box by tying in a stop knot before point where it hits.