Sail Handling

Heaving To With the Wasatch

I had a Foresar 4 in. diameter 15-27 ft telescoping carbon fiber whisker pole. This pole was stored vertically on the mast. The lower outboard end had a jaw which was secured to a chock on the mast about 1 ft up from the coach top, while the upper inboard end was secured on a […]

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Rigging the whisker pole.

Sail Handling / svwasatch

Downwind sailing is far easier than upwind sailing. So the obvious choice for going around the world is east to west following the trades winds with the wind at your back. There are a number of choices for downwind sailing: using a double headsail without the main, using a spinnaker with or without the main,

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