Heaving to, 1987 Hunter 23 my first time

2 years ago
23

This is my first time attempting a heave to. It might be a little sloppy but I'm gonna keep working at it.

EDIT: I tried a heave to in higher winds recently and found much improved effects by having the main sail sheeted further out, the genoa less back hauled and the rudder tied as far over as i could get it with seperate line; using a tiller tamer to lock the rudder doesn't allow it to hold at full deflection. It would seem, in this video, that both sails were catching too much wind causing the forward drift. I think the main should luff a little when hove to; it's only there to drive the boat forward and back into the wind if the bow falls off the wind/waves too far. I will update this description as i learn more about heave to's. I do heave to with just the main in bigger waves as well, i do this to drop the Genoa more safely when sailing solo.

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