At 2:29 in your video, the windy day jibe capsize is what got me last week. Is there any advice you can give to avoid a capsize on a windy day when jibing, as opposed to a 270 degree turn?
Chris Wright hi Chris. Good question and not one to answer easily. The problem is the rig is under load at all times in the gybe coupled with the distance the boom travels makes a windy gybe the most likely capsize point. I still go in from time to time. Try a couple of things. Speed is your friend believe it or not. Travelling fast the apparent wind means there is less pressure on the sail and a gybe is light Often that isn’t possible so perhaps try sheeting in a bit before the gybe to reduce the boom travel and makes the turn distance less of an angle . During the turn try to hold the main sheet between the boom and main sheet block. You are looking for the split second the pressure on the sheet goes light.during the turn At that point pull it like mad to flick the boom across. It goes light because the wind is going on the flip side of the sail and the right point to gybe.dong this you control when the boom moves rather than the boat deciding for you The other thing is be prepared to move your weight extremely quickly to balance the moving boom. A lot to do in a very short period of time but with practice and a lot of swimming you should crack it most of the time but you will never be successful all the time. Hope this helps! Tim
@Antonello Mirone yes that is correct. As you get better you won’t need to sheet in as much but to start with it helps to steer through a smaller angle
At 2:29 in your video, the windy day jibe capsize is what got me last week. Is there any advice you can give to avoid a capsize on a windy day when jibing, as opposed to a 270 degree turn?
Chris Wright hi Chris. Good question and not one to answer easily. The problem is the rig is under load at all times in the gybe coupled with the distance the boom travels makes a windy gybe the most likely capsize point. I still go in from time to time. Try a couple of things. Speed is your friend believe it or not. Travelling fast the apparent wind means there is less pressure on the sail and a gybe is light
Often that isn’t possible so perhaps try sheeting in a bit before the gybe to reduce the boom travel and makes the turn distance less of an angle
. During the turn try to hold the main sheet between the boom and main sheet block. You are looking for the split second the pressure on the sheet goes light.during the turn
At that point pull it like mad to flick the boom across. It goes light because the wind is going on the flip side of the sail and the right point to gybe.dong this you control when the boom moves rather than the boat deciding for you
The other thing is be prepared to move your weight extremely quickly to balance the moving boom. A lot to do in a very short period of time but with practice and a lot of swimming you should crack it most of the time but you will never be successful all the time.
Hope this helps!
Tim
Outstanding, thank you for your thorough response. Can't wait to go practice!
Hey Chris How did this go?
@Antonello Mirone yes that is correct. As you get better you won’t need to sheet in as much but to start with it helps to steer through a smaller angle
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