Letitflow
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I'll make this all questions: (About launching from a dock in medium to heavy breeze):
1- Sail raised, try to point into wind and dive on from the dock in a spazz move?
2- Sail not raised, separate goose neck tie down and main halyard raised after boarding?
3- Sail raised, loose hauled to luff in the wind, tie to dock somehow (like a cleat mounted under the footwell lip? Step on, grab tiller and quick release line to dock while sheeting in, and blast away? Like James Bond only more spastic?
4- Sail not raised (see #2 above) but paddle feverishly away (remember it's medium to heavy air) from the dock and raise sail in a panic while tiller spazzes out?
It's a long story but I HAVE to launch from a dock. Any ideas? I did a search but didn't see much. Any VIDEO out there of dock launches of a sunfish when it's blowing a bit? Or quite a bit?
If no ideas are available I'd appreciate some sarcasm.
All help appreciated. ️
1- Sail raised, try to point into wind and dive on from the dock in a spazz move?
2- Sail not raised, separate goose neck tie down and main halyard raised after boarding?
3- Sail raised, loose hauled to luff in the wind, tie to dock somehow (like a cleat mounted under the footwell lip? Step on, grab tiller and quick release line to dock while sheeting in, and blast away? Like James Bond only more spastic?
4- Sail not raised (see #2 above) but paddle feverishly away (remember it's medium to heavy air) from the dock and raise sail in a panic while tiller spazzes out?
It's a long story but I HAVE to launch from a dock. Any ideas? I did a search but didn't see much. Any VIDEO out there of dock launches of a sunfish when it's blowing a bit? Or quite a bit?
If no ideas are available I'd appreciate some sarcasm.
All help appreciated. ️