How to slow down a sail boat. Sailing speed control, heave to & lying to explained!
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Improve your sailing speed control by understanding the different angles where it is possible to control our speed, or not! When we learn to sail we spend so long trying to get the boat sailing efficiently that we don't spend much time on slowing down and stopping.
We will look at:
*Heaving to, & how it works
*Lying to
*Slowing the boat down whilst under control
*The 'No Go Zone', 'No Slow Zone' and the 'Speed Control Zone'
Heaving-to and Lying-to are different methods of stopping the boat as much as possible in a controlled manner - we'll always have some amount of sideways drift on the water. It's important to be able to accelerate the boat away again to really be in control of the boat.
Various sailing manoeuvres require us to slow the boat right down whilst under control, and this video covers the 'magic angles' where we are able to do this.
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These videos are to help to support the background knowledge to understand what’s happening in a boat. You should learn to sail on a suitable course, led by qualified instructors with appropriate teaching ratios and safety cover. Don’t just buy a boat and try to learn to sail from online videos, as you could end up in a lot of trouble very quickly.
Find the governing body for sailing in your own country to locate a suitable reputable course. In the UK the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the governing body, and also has recognised centres around the word.
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Great video, I had never come across heave to and it could come in very useful. Please do more double-hander videos!
Hi,
Thanks! It's a useful trick. More double-hander videos in the pipeline too, good to hear what people want to see. Thanks 👍
great explanation of important basics.
Thanks, have you seen my other videos covering the important basics, to include points of sail and the '5 essentials', all covered for you here:
czcams.com/play/PL2VtZj-uQwyjfdNsbYbWWjKeJjnYGiUEW.html
Excellent. That was very helpful, thank, you.
Hi Paul, thanks for taking the time to comment, glad you found it useful 🙂
The terminology of no stop zone is brilliant. Today we review this video with my sailing teacher. Thanks. 🙏
Phil, would you mind creating a video shows have many alternative maneuvers can be done for a certain route. You would create a few route to show different scenarios. Regardless, if you have no time to do this or if you think this is not beneficial, I will be looking forward to see your next video. 👍
How's your sailing course going?
I'm working on some more videos at the moment. When you talk about doing alternative manoeuvres, have you seen my video about 'Course Made Good'? This talks about how to get from one place to another whilst taking into account different variables.
czcams.com/video/2gGsszckFVo/video.html
Otherwise, let me know more specifically what you'd like to see.
I'm expecting my next videos to include: tacking & gybing skills, coming alongside a pontoon or jetty, anchoring, rigging & reefing.
Hope this helps, and best wishes
Phil
Excellent Phil! Just what I needed. Thank you 👍⛵️😎
Great! We tend not to think about slowing down very often, glad it was helpful!
Clear and concise! Heaving to is also useful for a pie and a beer!
Thanks, not too many beers though or you'll get sea sick 🤢🤣
When laying to in heavy wind on a boat like a laser bring up the daggerboard or the force of the wind on the main can pull the boat over. You will then drift sideways at a good rate but won't end up in the water trying to right the boat. This is also a technique if you are still trying to sail somewhere but are in danger of going for a swim. Bring up the daggerboard to reduce the heel so you can still sail.
Yes, good point, pulling the board up makes the boat more forgiving. In survival conditions I pull my laser daggerboard up maybe 4 inches even when sailing upwind to help de-power the boat and make it more manageable.
Doesn't work the same with with a centreboard though, if you pull it up too much the lateral resistance moves backwards and the boat will just bear away and try to sail off. Similarly, trying to sail with a centreboard pulled up too much will create a lot of lee helm. (I cover this in my 'board' video.)
Thanks for your comment, you might like some of the other videos on my channel in the 'sailing skills' playlist
Awesome explanation! Thank you.
Thanks! Have you seen my other sailing videos? You might like those too if you found this one useful
Cheers
This is good information. Thank you.
Thanks, glad you found it helpful 🙂👍