I am reading the description of Jibing, and am not sure whether I am misunderstanding the instructions for the crew, or perhaps there is a contradiction.



On page 12, the book says "the crew must get the jib across to the new side and set it in downwind position immediately."



This seems to contradict the Notes for the Crew on page 14, where it says "As with tacking, the ideal is to keep the telltales flowing on your jib as long as possible through the jibe. As the boat turns downwind, ease your jib out simultaneously until just before the main jibe."



Are these describing two different ways to jibe, or am I missing something that unifies them?



Jonathan

reads fine to me,if you put the pg 12 part immediately after the page 14 bit, as in:



"As with tacking, the ideal is to keep the telltales flowing on your jib as long as possible through the jibe. As the boat turns downwind, ease your jib out simultaneously until just before the main jibe. [Then] the crew must get the jib across to the new side and set it in downwind position immediately."

Ah, thanks, that makes sense now.



Jonathan

OK, I unified the two explanations and added the following to my cheat sheet:



Jibe



1. Start jibe with wind almost dead astern, and both Skipper and Crew forward. Start jibe with some boat speed if at all possible.

Skipper says “prepare to jibe”.

Crew says “ready” (or “wait”).

2. Skipper says “jibing” and starts the turn. Once the turn is started, keep turn going until on new tack.

Crew keeps telltales flowing on the old side as long as possible, easing jib gradually until just before the main jibes, then brings the jib over and gets the telltales flowing again.

3. Before boom goes over, Skipper moves aft, and facing aft, flips tiller extension over, taking care to prevent the rudders from straightening out during the turn.

Crew moves to new side (best) – or waits until after the boom moves over (not as good, but do this if you miss your chance).

4. Skipper then grabs lines of mainsheet system 1 foot below boom and throws the boom over. Note that the skipper keeps the same trim that was used on the old tack.

Crew stays put while the boom is moving.

5. The initial tack should be upwind of the desired tack, providing for acceleration before steering off into the desired direction.



In heavy weather: Just after the boom goes over, head straight downwind. Skipper and crew keep their weight aft during this maneuver. If a hull raises, get it down quickly, and keep your weight aft.



I hope this is correct, it worked fine for us today. I have always tended to make up cheat sheets for myself when I have new things to learn...



Jonathan