by Niclas | Jun 16, 2016 | boat handling
A “Chinese Gybe” (jibe) also known as a “death roll” is feared by many and we need to know how best to avoid them. The scenario: You’re sailing dead downwind in windy conditions, and suddenly the boat starts rolling back and forth with...
by Niclas | May 27, 2012 | boat handling
Many sailors, myself including, are so used to the “normal” way of working with the pole and spinnaker together that the thought of sometimes working the spinnaker without the pole hasn’t really occurred to us. We keep doing the same setup; first...
by Niclas | May 27, 2012 | boat handling
The following article describes a safe and fast way of gybing (jibing) a spinnaker on a 40 foot yacht. The key aim has been to reduce complexity so that no one in the crew is trying to do several things at once. E.g. it’s quite a common technique, where...
by Niclas | May 27, 2012 | boat handling
Procedure for a peel head sail change, which would apply for a larger type of yacht (30-50 feet) but obviously can be modified for other types as well. By “peel” we mean hoisting a second head sail side by side with an existing one and then once the new...
