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 No one else was sailing that day, we were the only fools out there. Unfortunately, the only spot available in Port McNeil was only partially shielded from the wind waves, so we got our asses kicked all night at the dock too. Now we are ready to relax. 7 comments
We had to do this twice. After the first turn we could open the sail again to furl in, but then it furled wrong again... so we had to do another turn. Then the jib got rolled in well, it's a very harrowing thing to do when you're just off a marina dock. I was on the radio when the wind caught in the damn thing >_<... Anyway, we were very glad to arrive on the dock, even if our spot was shit. I'm even happier now to be in a quieter spot :>, we just had pancakes, and I'm holding a cup of warm coffee :neofox_comfy_mug:  For who is thinking you're too much North, you're at the same latitude of Brussels 😁  @rek jeez, a well deserved rest by the sounds of it. I fend it stressful enough living on land, I would not last on a boat by the sound of it. @jameschip Pino handles pretty well in that kind of weather, at least, and I've got a really good sailing partner (that last bit is especially important). |
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We also did a really stupid thing on this transit. Furling the jib is really difficult in high winds, even when facing into it, so sometimes we roll it in wrong. Rolling it wrong means that the wind can catch in it.
The result is the top part of the sail fills with air and balloons out while the bottom is still furled. The wind causes the pocket of air in the sail to flail violently which shakes the entire rig in a very scary way. The only way we found to fix this is to do a 360 turn.