I was sailing my (LR?) A-Class last week in moderate sea state, maybe 2', moderate breeze, around 10-13kts, enough wave height to get the boat tommyhawking a bit, noticed that because of the tommyhawking, I was having a hard time getting the boat to fly a hull. That is, until I started "kipping" the boat. Every time the bow went down into the next wave, I would shift my weight forward and then push forward with my forward foot. When I did this, within 2 kips the hull would fly and I would take off like a shot. The first time I did it, I was just screwing around playing with the waves. After getting the same result each time, figured I may be onto something.
I'm used to sailing much heavier boats and have never experienced this before. On the A , I normally try to keep pretty quiet on the wire. But this seemed to work wonders. Am I on to something? Or dreaming this up?

BTW, I think a floater is what I normally flush after talking on the phone.

Last edited by AzCat; 04/26/16 05:25 PM.

Auscat MKV 444 A class
NACRA I-20- 440/CATHATKA