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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

19-06-2014, 19:38

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

The posts in this thread appear to my eye to fall into one of two categories:

"I used heaving-to successfully, and I use it all the time!"

or

"I don't know how to make this boat heave-to."

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

05-06-2014, 01:48

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

Yup, same logic used by dead hikers, who thought they could walk out, or keep warm by staying in motion, rather than stopping and building a fire.

Heaving to is an active course of action. You're...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

05-06-2014, 00:15

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

To resurrect an old thread, I have more data.

Last Sunday, I tried the wind vane method again, on a different boat.

goboatingnow, only a fool would think he can "sail the damn boat" against...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

13-05-2014, 14:24

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

If one used a preventer blocked to the toerail and led the cockpit, what I should have tried is this:

Set the preventer to slightly more angle than you want, and cleat it off.
Tighten the...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

13-05-2014, 14:06

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

You know, I knew that. I've seen it before, of course, and I've even explained it to people.

But in the event, I was so busy trying to figure out if we were doing this correctly, what we needed to...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

13-05-2014, 03:25

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

The helm wasn't as far to windward as I thought it would be. (Actually, the helm was a wheel, tightened down, not a tiller. But I figured that wouldn't make any difference.) We tried to find a...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

12-05-2014, 21:26

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

Got you mixed up with skipper john. You sound alike.

Andrew, we had no success at all heaving to using the prevented main method.

There were two things that wouldn't stay where we put them: the...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

12-05-2014, 17:59

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving To

No, he didn't.

Contempt prior to investigation.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

01-05-2014, 22:55

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

After reading "As Long As It's Fun", I don't have any respect for them, but that's me.

There used to be a column I read called "Shut Up And Sing" that was about finding out too much information...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

30-04-2014, 18:15

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

I no longer think it will.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

24-04-2014, 23:16

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

I always seem to need bail money about 20 hours after I get bored.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

24-04-2014, 21:37

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

Okay, I'm bored now.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

24-04-2014, 17:25

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

You must be Aussie, then. I'm not sure who else sent their boys to die in Africa.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

24-04-2014, 14:16

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

I'm pretty sure you're right. But it's a good place to start, and they give a pretty good description of the goal.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

24-04-2014, 14:13

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

Troup!

I'm going to try that method next weekend. I expect a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth from my crew when I start giving the orders.

I'm not expecting a lot, the boat I happen to have...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

23-04-2014, 14:55

Replies: 130

Heaving To

Views: 22,126

Posted By Jammer Six

Re: Heaving to

Read the Pardey's book.

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