Just to give another view on the subject of jib reaching, I enclose a little vid I made this afternoon when reaching on my northsea-spot.
Extra problem was a little biassed swell direction which made the outgoing course a little slower. And the returning ingoing course a bit more tricky because of pushing waves from behind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eogpeZjMnc&feature=youtu.be

On the outgoing course, I was ofcourse on the wire, in my footstrap, but ingoing was too tricky for that.


Last edited by northsea junkie; 05/09/13 02:16 PM.
ronald
RAIDER-15 (homebuilt)

hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.