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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 06/13/2008 :  11:57:11  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I am getting better. I can hit the line at full speed within 10 to 15 seconds now. I can tack in 30 seconds, gybe about the same, and do a 360 in a minute all single handed.

I find it is faster to go into the 360 by tacking first (gybing later) rather than starting with a gybe, what do you think? (Light winds 5 - 10 knots).

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 06/13/2008 :  13:13:38  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
I think your wife must be very supportive. I wish I could get out on th eboat for 2 hours per day...
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 06/14/2008 :  09:17:03  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Gybing slows the boat down too much. Save it for the last resort
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 06/17/2008 :  15:06:21  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I only sail an hour on Friday and meet her for dinner.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/18/2008 :  12:58:55  Show Profile
Jim, why are you practising a 360? Are you planning to hit a mark?
I've found that when doing a 360, (yes, I have hit 3 marks in my career ) which move you make first depends upon the wind direction. If beating then tack first. If downwind, gybe first. But 'tis true, you are always going slower coming out of a gybe.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 06/18/2008 :  18:12:13  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I always seem to get to the line early. If I need to burn almost exactly 1 minute I can do a 360. How else do you put on the brakes?

Luffing sails and turning head to wind seems to me to put you at a disadvantage to the others bearing down on starboard tacks, and running down the line does not seem like a good idea- end up at the unfavored end - foul all the leeward boats.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/18/2008 :  21:26:50  Show Profile
Jim, I also sometimes come in hot (it's easy to do with shifty winds) Depending upon "how hot" I either do some "esses" or if I need to burn off more time I do a 360 by just turning the boat around! I leave the jib trimmed, and as the bow comes thru' the wind I ease the mainsheet. As we come out of the jibe I trim the main again and off we go!
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