Trouble with tacking West Potter 15

[EastSail]

I've sailed my West Potter 15 for two seasons. I keep having a very hard time getting the boat to tack across the wind.

Most of the time, I almost make it, but the boat gets backwinded at the last moment. I am doing a lot of gybing to get back to port.

Several more experienced sailors did not get much better results with tacking on my WP15.

I have the standard rigging in good order and as far as I can tell everything is correctly set up.

I know I am coming up against my own limited experience, but are these boats known for this behavior?

--
Michael

 

[Johnb]

Don’t be so quick to haul in the lazy sheet. When you do that the jib gets back winded before you have completed the tack and hinders the process.

When I was sailing dinghys it was important to time it right. On my 23 footer not so much and with the 37 footer I can’t recall ever go.ing into irons without needing to give it much attention.

Also don’t pinch before tacking i.e. keep your speed up.