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hewebb
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Initially Posted - 10/05/2013 :  05:17:19  Show Profile
Went sailing yesterday afternoon in a stiff breeze. I unfurled the jib part way and considered reefing the main-but didn't. Someone once told me if you are considering it you probably should. Sailed for about an hour or so got close to the dam and tacked. Just after I secured the sails and settled down a gust hit and knocked the boat over enough to get water in the cockpit. I have had the windows wet before but never took on water. Was quite a ride. I looked in the salon and what a mess. I will say the boat rounded up and came up well. Was glad I did not have any passengers on board.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/05/2013 :  05:32:09  Show Profile
An early lesson for me on my daysailer and now Passage is you never know when a gust will take you over or a rogue wave will come outta nowhere and toss you around: Secure everything!
I'm the worst offender. I used to leave stuff like my FM radio, cups, binocs, gizmos on the table, in the galley, on the shelves above the settees and go out. Pretty soon it was all on the floor. So now I either put stuff securely away or pay the consequences.
However, when you go hard over, like 70-80 degrees, everything will fly around in the cabin, draws and cabinet doors will open and spill out their contents. Best if you travel light. Pretty good lesson learned.
BTW - aren't you glad you have a fixed keel?
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Response Posted - 10/05/2013 :  06:25:44  Show Profile
In high gusty wind with sudden wind shifts I don't cleat the mainsheet, it has served me well in daysailers,catamarans, and keel boats. I am glad all went well.
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Response Posted - 10/05/2013 :  08:51:41  Show Profile
I considered changing from a 4:1 mainsheet to 3:1 to make it a little easier to dump the main quickly. I never felt like I needed 4:1.

Those stiff, gusty days were when we liked to just pull out the full genny and leave the main on the boom. We'd see a big gust coming across the water, get ready to be hit, and all that would happen was a sudden acceleration.

The only time I got green water in the cockpit was when it came over the bow and cabintop from the second wave of a tugboat wake.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 10/05/2013 :  11:03:28  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">BTW - aren't you glad you have a fixed keel?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Swingers do the same thing until you get well past 90 degrees.
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