Unintentional gybe with B

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George Kornreich

We usually think of being at risk of an unintentional gybe when "sailing by the lee" (Wind coming over the stern quarter on the side of the boom) with a boat with straight spreaders, and the boom out at 90 degrees. But here's where I need some clarification. I suspect it could also happen with a B
 
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scott heller

wind pushes sail

if the wind gets on the other side of the sail it will come over. If you wanted that to happen, good. If not => unintentional gybe.
 
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Mike Pajewski

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George, Most information I have read is that you shouldn't run downwind with the B
 
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Mark Ploch

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You are at a risk of gibing at a less angle than with straight spreaders but not as great as you are thinking. If you have your boom out next to the shrouds you will find that you can sail just as deep as dead down wind. You will jibe earlier if by the lee, so just sail alittle higher and jibe earlier. Sailing by the lee is a dangerous practice and should be avoided if possible. That is an easy way to hurt someone who is not paying attention.
 
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George Kornreich

Thanks for the input, guys

I never sail DDW or by-the-lee if I can help it, and never without a preventer, but I'm just trying to get this all strasorted out in my thick skull (not thick enough to survive being clobbered by the boom, though). But then again, there are situations where you are constrained by navigation and have to go DDW or close to DDW, and maybe not ready/willing to fire up the iron main. I think the magic word, the one that makes it all clear, is "backwinded" Now, why didn't I think of that?! It's obviously not the geometry of the BOAT relative to the apparant wind, but of the BOOM! "Great minds think alike", and you've confirmed what I was muddling over..
 
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