Well, I was expecting the staysail to back-wind, but it filled just as if I
had tacked correctly with the right sheet -
but we did slow down and heel less. By steering to windward, do you mean to
put the boat in irons? To steer
directly into the wind? That doesn't seem right somehow. Based on the other
responses maybe I'll try to
drop the staysail and do it just with the main - but would that be balanced
enough?

On 7/12/06, Mark Bergin <mtbergin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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