Safe Wind Speeds

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Bud

I'm pretty green at working with this17 ft daysailor and have had some windy days on the bay where things got crazy for me sailing by myself. It's hard to raise the mainsail and get things going while drifting having the motor off. Is there a sequence of steps that will make this easier and what wind speeds should I set as a limit for my daysailing efforts? Please respond direct to bud88h@worldnet.att.net..Thanks
 
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mike mccalpin

sailing solo

point into the wind and pull the main 1st then get the boat moving the pull up the jib. I sail my 19 full sail up to 16 knots depending on the sea and gust anything over 16 knots i reef the main before i start
 
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