Comments on: LEARNING THE SINGLEHANDED GYBE https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/ Sail with confidence! Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: tom@sperrey.net https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-75 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:14:44 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-75 In reply to prdickens@me.com.

I’m afraid they don’t practise in the US. They practice in both the verb and the noun (which is very rarely used there).

]]> By: tom@sperrey.net https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-287 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:14:44 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-287 In reply to prdickens@me.com.

I’m afraid they don’t practise in the US. They practice in both the verb and the noun (which is very rarely used there).

]]> By: prdickens@me.com https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-74 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:06:06 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-74 Practise?

]]> By: prdickens@me.com https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-286 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:06:06 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-286 Practise?

]]> By: padretimo@verizon.net https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-73 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:16:41 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-73 I spent years single handing my 37 foot Scallywag mostly in Mexican waters and added a few tricks to my spinnaker running rigging that made outside jibing my asso easier. with ratchet turning blocks, the working sheet release was well controlled without attention while I trimmed the main. Trimming in the new sheet was safer because I didn’t have to worry about wrapping a winch. The last accommodation was using a continuous spin sheet (an old halyard was pressed into service which turned out to be the perfect length).

The continuous sheet subtracted dozens of feet of rope out of the game, reducing tangles and any chance of a loose lazy going walkabout.

I taught this technique to many other cruisers, explaining the trick was, "Make the sail into a flag–not a bag as it blew in front of the boat."

The continuous sheet was also helpful during the douse by ensuring the clew didn’t escape my grasp. BTW. the spin halyard had it’s own ratchet turning back on a swivel base so I could easily hold the tail when I positioned self at the leeward shroud, then controlling the rate of drop, freeing both hands to gather the sail and stuff it into its turtle on the way down.

Easy peasy!

]]> By: padretimo@verizon.net https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-285 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:16:41 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-285 I spent years single handing my 37 foot Scallywag mostly in Mexican waters and added a few tricks to my spinnaker running rigging that made outside jibing my asso easier. with ratchet turning blocks, the working sheet release was well controlled without attention while I trimmed the main. Trimming in the new sheet was safer because I didn’t have to worry about wrapping a winch. The last accommodation was using a continuous spin sheet (an old halyard was pressed into service which turned out to be the perfect length).

The continuous sheet subtracted dozens of feet of rope out of the game, reducing tangles and any chance of a loose lazy going walkabout.

I taught this technique to many other cruisers, explaining the trick was, "Make the sail into a flag–not a bag as it blew in front of the boat."

The continuous sheet was also helpful during the douse by ensuring the clew didn’t escape my grasp. BTW. the spin halyard had it’s own ratchet turning back on a swivel base so I could easily hold the tail when I positioned self at the leeward shroud, then controlling the rate of drop, freeing both hands to gather the sail and stuff it into its turtle on the way down.

Easy peasy!

]]> By: jtbmd@me.com https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-72 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:30:58 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-72 Good to know! Even Adam can slow down when he has to!

]]> By: jtbmd@me.com https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/11/17/2020-11-14-learning-the-singlehanded-gybe/#comment-284 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:30:58 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=106#comment-284 Good to know! Even Adam can slow down when he has to!

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