That darn F16 will !

Got more then enough hours clocked in the open water by now. Actually only 3 times a year I sail on a lake. All other times (20 to 30 per year) I sail on the north sea and have to go out through the surf. And I do really mean ; A surf.

The jib does help sailing through the surf as you can steer with your sail better. (sheet in with the jib and sheet out with the main to bear away, the opposite to luff up. With a selftacker you just set the jib relatively tight and just sheet the mainsail in and out to head up and down.

I'm riding my hulls onto the beach when the surf is up. I get off as soon as I can after the hulls touch bottom, but I'm not especially careful. By then again, I have timber-epoxy hulls; no worries about making dents.

Wouter