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Hello,
I am a new sailor trying to learn how to sail and I have had three instructors over the past several months, but all three have given different instructions on the maneuver or point of sail when it is best to do things on the boat, such as raise & lower the jib (or, more generally, just to do things around the boat that need to get done). Specifically, this is what I was taught:
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1) instructor #1, ASA101 certification on a J/24, crew of 4: irons
e.g. bring the boat into irons to raise & lower jib, reef the main
2) instructor #2, Sonar, single-hand: close reach
e.g. close reach to raise & lower the jib (but heave-to in order to reef)
3) instructor #3, Sonar, single-hand: poor man's heave-to aka "safe zone"
e.g. safe zone to raise & lower the jib (but heave-to in order to reef)
["safe zone": go into irons, uncleat the mainsheet, fall off and push the boom out as far as it will go, stop when hit a beam reach - with uncleated mainsheet and boom all the way out now free to walk about the cockpit without boom in the way and boat not moving (does anyone know the proper term for this maneuver? I can't seem to find any information on it!)]
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All of these boats had hank jibs. So one big difference was #1 was not instructing us to single-hand while #2 and #3 were specifically teaching me to single-hand a Sonar.
So I'm confused...does anybody have some insight into all of this? I realize everyone has different preferences on how to do things, but I thought there would be a little more agreement. Maybe there is even a better option out there? What do people suggest?
Thanks,
Andrew
I am a new sailor trying to learn how to sail and I have had three instructors over the past several months, but all three have given different instructions on the maneuver or point of sail when it is best to do things on the boat, such as raise & lower the jib (or, more generally, just to do things around the boat that need to get done). Specifically, this is what I was taught:
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1) instructor #1, ASA101 certification on a J/24, crew of 4: irons
e.g. bring the boat into irons to raise & lower jib, reef the main
2) instructor #2, Sonar, single-hand: close reach
e.g. close reach to raise & lower the jib (but heave-to in order to reef)
3) instructor #3, Sonar, single-hand: poor man's heave-to aka "safe zone"
e.g. safe zone to raise & lower the jib (but heave-to in order to reef)
["safe zone": go into irons, uncleat the mainsheet, fall off and push the boom out as far as it will go, stop when hit a beam reach - with uncleated mainsheet and boom all the way out now free to walk about the cockpit without boom in the way and boat not moving (does anyone know the proper term for this maneuver? I can't seem to find any information on it!)]
*********************
All of these boats had hank jibs. So one big difference was #1 was not instructing us to single-hand while #2 and #3 were specifically teaching me to single-hand a Sonar.
So I'm confused...does anybody have some insight into all of this? I realize everyone has different preferences on how to do things, but I thought there would be a little more agreement. Maybe there is even a better option out there? What do people suggest?
Thanks,
Andrew