I've just sailed my Prindle 16 today for maybe the last time. The winds were about 20knots with gusts over 25knots. Told you the St-Lawrence River was mean !



I usually do not go sailing when I feel like I can't handle the Jib, but I got that itching and tingling feeling that took over my mind and made me say 'heh, what the heck...' so there goes a P16 with mainsail only.



And the problems began. The bows were not so much into going submarine, but the boat did not wanted to point upwind either.



Tacking was a real pain in the a... so I'm asking you if anyone got some ' tested and true' advice on tacking a UNI rig???

If I wasn't stalled in irons, I was going backwards with no control at all, and the boat simply did not tack...



So let's hear some advice from the pro's



p.s: ...air temp was 5 C to 7C, call us VIKINGS from now on...



Philippe Mascolo