Category: Sail handling and trimming

“Wing and wing (goosewinging)” allows us to cover less distance and sail efficiently with winds between the quarter and the stern; however, it requires taking certain precautions to help us handle the pole safely and have the flexibility and ease to react to a wind shift or increase in wind speed. In this new chapter of the online book “Sail Handling and Trim,” we will look at some considerations that can help us improve safety in any situation.

One of the most dangerous situations aboard a sailboat is when an unintentional jibe of the mainsail occurs. In this new chapter of the online book “Sail Handling and Trimming,” we’ll look at some simple considerations regarding the use of the preventer on a cruising sailboat, which can help improve safety on board.

In this chapter of the online book “Sail Handling” we will describe the control elements of the main sail: backstay tension, Cunningham, halyard, leech line, topping lift, traveler, and boom vang; and their use under various wind conditions.

In this fifth chapter of the online book “Sail handling and trimming” we will see, in a practical and simple way, how to use the telltales for trimming the genoa (or jib) along with its control elements (sheet tension, position of the sheet car, stay tension and halyard tension).

New chapter of the online book “Sail handling and trimming” in which we will see the control elements of the headsails (the tension of the forestay, the halyard, the position of the sheet traveler, and the tension of the sheet) and how to trim them in different wind conditions.