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Hobie wave in small rainstorm
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Author:  ryujin [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Hobie wave in small rainstorm
I am a newbie sailor and was out today on the sea with my hobie wave in 18-20Knots of wind. Suddenly, I see a low cloud full of rain coming toward me at pretty high speed and I did not have time to turn back and beach the boat as I was too far. As I thought the conditions would overwhelm me, I put the boat in safety position and let the big cloud pass over me. Wind picked up quite a lot while the cloud was over me and the waves were also pretty big. I managed to maintain the boat in safe position and after 5 minutes everything was back to normal and I kept sailing and enjoying for another hour :)
I am wondering if what I did can be considered right or it's actually more dangerous then trying to keep sailing.

Thanks :)
Author:  tradisrad [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hobie wave in small rainstorm
I'm no pro, but what you did sounds reasonable.
Author:  Diver_fcd [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hobie wave in small rainstorm
What is considered the safe position? How is it done?
Author:  tradisrad [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hobie wave in small rainstorm
My understanding of the safe position is to have the sail in irons, but not the boat. Therefor one can simply sheet in to go.
Author:  serpa4 [ Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hobie wave in small rainstorm
tradisrad wrote:
My understanding of the safe position is to have the sail in irons, but not the boat. Therefor one can simply sheet in to go.

What is "in irons"?
Author:  tradisrad [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hobie wave in small rainstorm
irons is when the sail /boat is pointed directly into the wind and the boat is stalled. think of a prisoner in "irons" (chains) he cant go anywhere. neither can the boat
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