beldar boathead
Married to Primat Boathead
Regarding this comment from bhm ......."So for this kind of sailing I only have to come about once on the whole trip, and it's not much of a loss of time to come to a dead stop to do that, and hike the boat around to the other tack with a paddle, to start the return trip. "
By working on fundamentals such as practicing tacking, you should not get stuck in irons. Your rig with the pontoons will make it harder, but hopefully with practice your tacking will improve. If you do get stuck in irons, the advice here should help you get out: WSA How To Series - How to get out of Irons - YouTube You definitely should not be needing a paddle to get out of irons - the technique here is the proven way to get out of irons.
By working on fundamentals such as practicing tacking, you should not get stuck in irons. Your rig with the pontoons will make it harder, but hopefully with practice your tacking will improve. If you do get stuck in irons, the advice here should help you get out: WSA How To Series - How to get out of Irons - YouTube You definitely should not be needing a paddle to get out of irons - the technique here is the proven way to get out of irons.