[Rhodes22-list] Boat doesn't come up into wind

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I have heard of people tying a 20' nylon strap or line to the stopper knot on their mainsheet then to a gate shackle (can be released under pressure) which hooks to your lifejacket, and thus forming a jackline that will also release the mainsheet cleat.  If you fell over the mainsheet would (should) release from the cleat, then the boat would fall off the wind and jibe.  Then your resistance in the water would pull the main taught and with any luck put the boat in irons when it rounded up.
Either that or it would run over you, crush you and then drag your lifeless shell to shore somewhere so your wife can get her insurance $!

Bob

> On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:33 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> My Rhodes also balances easily so I can sail upwind for miles with the tiller
> not tied down. On a brisk day I like to stand in companionway where it's
> warm and comfortable with good visibility. I have noticed lee helm on one
> tack but not the other - maybe outboard is acting like a brake if it's down.
> Yeah, best not to fall overboard
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