If you do end up in irons, you can simply wait until the wind and current pushes you one way or the other and you’re able to fill your sails again. You can also speed things along by turning the rudder hard to one side. The wind will tend to slowly push the boat backwards and turn you in the opposite direction as you’d move if you had headway. The process can be helped along further by holding the jib on the opposite side of the boat.
Getting Out of Irons
We've all been there. Eager to jump in the dinghy and land on shore after laying anchor on the mothership. Just one problem, the dinghy outboard wort start.
If you're like a lot of recreational boaters, you may not pay a much attention to your life vest. You might not even know what PFD stands for - Personal Floatation Device. You may have even purchased a type V PFD with your #1 criteria being comfort. You throw it on each time you go out, mainly just to make a show of it, and take it off as soon as you're outside the marina - confident that you'll remember to put it back on if the weather picks up.
Coffee is life. If you’re like me, you need your cup of joe first thing every morning. There is nothing quite like a great cup of coffee onboard as the sun comes up over your Read more…