PlaneSailing
Member
Hi - please could I get some help on getting out of irons!
First question - is there a good step by step process to get out of irons?
It seems to take ages to get the boat to turn into a tack and get steerage. Often, I am sitting there squatting pushing/ pulling the tiller and getting precisely nowhere. Eventually, seems like minutes later, the boat finally turns and away we go.
Second question - I have got caught head to wind once or twice trying to tack to get around the right side of the weather mark. How can you get out of irons so that you are definitely going to be on a port tack - as opposed to a random outcome.
Many thanks for any help or advice,
Rich
First question - is there a good step by step process to get out of irons?
It seems to take ages to get the boat to turn into a tack and get steerage. Often, I am sitting there squatting pushing/ pulling the tiller and getting precisely nowhere. Eventually, seems like minutes later, the boat finally turns and away we go.
Second question - I have got caught head to wind once or twice trying to tack to get around the right side of the weather mark. How can you get out of irons so that you are definitely going to be on a port tack - as opposed to a random outcome.
Many thanks for any help or advice,
Rich