Sailfish 18 (Piel Island adventure Part 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Wardley Marine Yacht Club's Silver Jubilee sailing trip across Morecambe Bay. Nine boats participated, some sailing from Hambleton and some sailing from Fleetwood. The weather was kind to us with a F3 wind rising to F5, and then dying out in the evening. All boats got up to their maximum speed by the time we arrived mid Morecambe Bay.
Hi Simon
I see no one has commented on your video (pt1 & 2)so i though I would start all be it some 5 years late!
As a relatively new Sailfish (Hermit II, No.392) owner I have some questions if you don't mind replying with a hint.
How on earth do you manage to roller reef your Genoa with the standard Sailfish roller furler set up. Is there something I am missing? One decent gust of wind head or astern and the whole shooting match unfurls and I have more foresail than I need. How do dos one "put the brakes on"?
Haha, thanks for being the first out of the blocks. I DID decide to hold on to my day job, and delusions of being the next Steven Spielberg fast withered. As for reefing, it is vitally important with a Sailfish and the last thing you want when you are single-handed, traversing wind over tide conditions in Morecambe bay in F5-F6 conditions is your Jenoa unfurling suddenly. I can't quite visually imagine how your arrangement is letting you down, I find, as long as the furling line is properly cleated, the drum ain't going nowhere. Having said that, if the wind is really howling, there is always the chance that whilst unfurling the Jenoa, whilst the boat is bouncing about, and you are worried about going aground with say a 4-knot tide whisking you along, and maybe a rusty old coaster is bearing down on you, there is a good chance that the furling line might be ripped from your hand. In that case, I generally lash the rolled-up sail with a convenient length of cord, three feet or so above the deck before embarking. That is to say, limit the amount of sail that can unfurl before hand. Hope this helps Rob.