frankbarbehenn
New Member
I've sailed a flying scot for 4 years, but just went out first time on a sunfish. I had the oddest and most frustrating experience. Some on this forum have already been helpful, but just want to pick others brains as well on this matter. I got caught in irons, and couldn't get out for 40 minutes and had to be towed in--I was pushed across the entire lake. I'd push the tiller to leeward and the bow would come around toward leeward. So I thought it would keep going. But then it stopped. And then it went back into the eye and back into irons. It was maddening as to why the bow didn't continue to go leeward. I rocked and rolled this way the whole way, could not get a beam reach for the life of me. What I didn't do was push the sail windward to keep the pressure on and I wonder if that was a key. What I did do was either let the sail out as it went leeward, but then it luffed, or trim it in when it went leeward to help catch air, but then it again went directly into the wind. The fella that gave me a tow said that sunfish are very hard to work upwind, and that's why he got rid of his years ago. Any thoughts??