We went out yesterday (Sunday) with my son. It was a great day to sail compared the day before with no wind. It was our first time with so such wind. We did know how many knots, but the weather channel called for 13 MPH wind. We had great fun with many close call but we managed not to flip the boat. . But any way it was towards the end of the day, we got a lot of head wind. We were struggling for 2 hours without make any progress getting back to the dock.
Becasue of the strong wind, we did not have the jib up. For some reasons, every time we tack. We lost speed so fast that when she headed to the wind. We hit dead stop, and the wind just blew us futher out. We keep trying for serveral times to pick up some speed before we tacked. We keeled so bad that we almost flipped. Finally we jived in order to change the direction. As it was getting darker and darker, we finally flagged a passing motor boat to tow us back to the dock.
Any suggestions as what we should do next time. Thanks.
Later,
Becasue of the strong wind, we did not have the jib up. For some reasons, every time we tack. We lost speed so fast that when she headed to the wind. We hit dead stop, and the wind just blew us futher out. We keep trying for serveral times to pick up some speed before we tacked. We keeled so bad that we almost flipped. Finally we jived in order to change the direction. As it was getting darker and darker, we finally flagged a passing motor boat to tow us back to the dock.
Any suggestions as what we should do next time. Thanks.
Later,