> How have all you Baba-30 owners found your boat to best heave-to? We were
> just trying ours out, in a good amount of wind, 30 kts or so.
> We were out with the staysail set, and a triple-reefed main, on a close
> reach. What we tried first was to tack, and keep the old staysail
> sheet sheeted tight, and keep the main sheeted fairly tight too. What she
> seemed to want to do, was to just set sail on the new tack,
> with the old sheet happily keeping the jib on that course! Any tips, like
> where the rudder should be set to? Do you heave-to with just the mainsail?
> Or do we need storm sails to make it work correctly?

If the boat was standing up and slowed down to about a knot or two I
think you probably had it about right - you might need to steer to
windward and lock the wheel/tiller. I think I've read a description
of a boat hove-to as fore reaching at 1 - 1.5 knots - and that seems
to be about how my boat responds.

What were you expecting that didn't occur?

-- 
Mark Bergin
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