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• Below is a quote by Jon Eisberg which begs to ask the question,
  • We've done some practice heaving to with mixed results
    • Without a jib, doesn't the boat tack?
      • We used to use a little jib on our sloop when hove to Bryan.
    • We have had good luck with back winding the
  • We heave-to just fine
  • We have hove two twice on passages
    • I didn't know the 'main only' technique was so widely used
    • That's nice to hear Karl. We have a heavy 38' keel centerboard yawl.
      • That's not our old yawl by the way.
      • My yawl heaves to on just the mizzen...
    • Every boat is different, of course, but I've had good luck with a similar technique...
      • I did some fore-reaching coming up from Z-Watt
  • I used heaving to quite effectively
  • heave hove two....have too...
    • My Ty37 heaves-to exactly as Bernie's boat
  • its a must