[Rhodes22-list] the Crawford adventure begins (for a changeofpace)

[Wally Buck]

Frone,

You are correct. You can not furl when close to broaching and losing rudder 
control. IMF works best when not under heavy load. I would gain control of 
the boat, slowly head up (luffing if needed to slow down), tension topping 
lift, head into the wind and furl. It goes a lot smoother now that I have 4 
years with boat. I would think loosening the outhaul would increase 
flogging.


Wally
>From: FCrawford0707 at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] the Crawford adventure begins (for a 
>changeofpace)
>Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:09:47 EDT
>
>Wally - We used about 15 gallons altogether.  A question / comment on  the
>IMF - We were sailing along downwind  toward Herirng Bay, first in  pretty 
>light
>winds, so we had full genoa out, as well as full main, jibing a  couple of
>times to keep our wind angle at about 120 degrees, which kept the  genoa
>drawing.  As the wind piped up, we furled the genoa, and under main  alone 
>were
>surfing a bit and making great VMG, as we were  heading  straight toward 
>the
>destination, almost directly downwind,  with the main to starboard.  Life's 
>good.
>Our problem came in later  furling the main, as with about 15 kn of true 
>wind,
>our apparent wind was  about to change abruptly from c.10 to over 15, as we
>would steer into the wind  to furl.  I was concerned about broaching in the
>process.  We ended up  letting the outhaul slacken enough to belly out the 
>main
>quite a bit as we  turned into the wind (keeping the wind over the port 
>side in
>order to maintain  the "slot" at the mast).  This reduced the sail area
>exposed to wind enough  that we then furled the main w/o the boat heeling
>dramatically as we turned into  the wind.  My question - how have any of 
>you handled
>this same situation  ?  Is there a better way of dealing with this than 
>letting
>the main  belly out ?
>     Frone Crawford
>     s/v Sunday Morning
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