[Rhodes22-list] High Seas Sailing

[BenCittadino]

Cowie;

Great work. We have the same sails, IMF main w/ 175 Genny and I can tell you
exactly what I would do with 4 foot seas and 20 mph winds....crank up the
Yamaha 9.9, pull in all the sails and get my fanny home for another day. 

The Sandy Hook Bay was very pleasant for us this Monday. It's protected from
the big ocean seas but we had some gusty wind out of the SSE (I think) that
moved us right along. 

BenC 

cowie wrote:
> 
> I went sailing this past Monday from Herrington Harbor to Thomas Point
> light and back.  The wind was blowing pretty steady and over 10 kts the
> entire time.  At about 10 kts I found I could reasonably manage a full
> main with the boom down and the 175 Genoa out about 1/3 of the way. 
> Between a close haul and broad reach I was easily running over 5 kts
> pushing the gps beyond 6 as I raced down the following sea.  My sail back
> from Thomas Point Light required tacking several times on as close haul as
> I could get.  At this point the wind was kicking up to at least 15 kts
> gust closer to 20.  This much wind out of the South and an outgoing tide
> made for some pretty significant sea action.  I found the best I could
> sail with that much wind was about 130-140 degrees.  I did position the
> jib sheets betwen the outer and inner shrouds back to the winch and cleat
> and this helped some.  At a 130 degree tack I was able to manage between
> 2.8 and 3.5 kts pounding into the building seas.  I began to fall off the
> wind as I made my approach to Herring Bay and the shallows of Long Bar
> aggrivated the seas even more.  A couple of waves came crashing over the
> cockpit as I experimented trying to head up, broadside or run with the
> increasingly angry sea.  I am curious to hear how others have managed
> trying to sail close hauled, broad reach and run in winds between 15-20kts
> and with an angry breaking sea in the 3-4 foot range.  I think I could
> manage to handle a little more wind than this but not in an aggitated sea
> state.
> 
> 
> 

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