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190 seamanship secrets How to Shape Headsails for Power or Speed Unlike a mainsail, a headsail has only one supported edge. But ...

sailboat seamanship 191 Move the sheet block forward or aft on its track until the mid-luff point, the clew, the sheet, and the ...

192 seamanship secrets leave the boat faster than before. Or watch fl otsam in the water, such as leaves or seaweed. Keep the sa ...

sailboat seamanship 193 Note: some modern boats have mainsails that roll up onto a vertical furling unit inside the mast. This m ...

194 seamanship secrets (mule), working jib, or spitfire (storm jib): A lapper is a small, short-luff, high-clewed genoa with a 1 ...

sailboat seamanship 195 How to Remove a Jammed Sheet from a Winch An improper lead from a jib or genoa sheet lead block to the s ...

196 seamanship secrets How to Sail Home if the Steering Fails My little O’Day Javelin, at 13½ feet, skimmed across the blue-gree ...

sailboat seamanship 197 With a bit of practice, you can steer, turn, tack, and jibe a boat with just her sails. In a small boat, ...

198 seamanship secrets second day of our delivery from Norfolk to Miami aboard a brand-new Ted Brewer–designed Oceanic 43. Being ...

sailboat seamanship 199 and then back to a cleat or winch in the cockpit. Pass the preventer outboard of all lifelines and shrou ...

200 seamanship secrets commands that everyone finds easy to remember. Explain the importance of the three-part structure of any ...

sailboat seamanship 201 Calls all tack commands. (Position: bow; then mast as stated below.) In short tacking, the skipper shou ...

202 seamanship secrets Grounding. If you ground, attempt to turn away from the shoal. If unsuc- cessful, slack the main and head ...

sailboat seamanship 203 “Your Call, Skipper” You’re the skipper or most knowledgeable crewmember in each of the following situat ...

204 Master boat handlers use little or no rudder during restricted maneuvers. Ninety percent of the time, they hold wheel or til ...

docking seamanship 205 One way to minimize rudder use is to make prop walk work for rather than against you. Prop walk is the te ...

206 seamanship secrets edge of the rudder pivots to the right. If you want to initiate a right turn while your boat is moving fo ...

docking seamanship 207 boat’s turning circles? You should have noticed that your boat can make a tighter pivot in the direction ...

208 seamanship secrets or channel. Boats with left -handed props should look for pivot areas on the right side. Th is takes adva ...

docking seamanship 209 maximum control in close quarters? Use the combination of propeller thrust, rudder, pivot point, and prop ...