So much of actual sailing has been lost with the advent of auxiliary power sources. Nice to see this guy, even with his outboard, back-winding the main to make his boat go in reverse.
When I was sailing my Kaiser 26 single-handed, I couldn't do something quite as fancy as this, but when anchoring I'd drop the anchor, let out scope, and then scurry back to back-wind the main, and the boat would back down and "set" the anchor.
Smooth!
ReplyDeleteSo much of actual sailing has been lost with the advent of auxiliary power sources. Nice to see this guy, even with his outboard, back-winding the main to make his boat go in reverse.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was sailing my Kaiser 26 single-handed, I couldn't do something quite as fancy as this, but when anchoring I'd drop the anchor, let out scope, and then scurry back to back-wind the main, and the boat would back down and "set" the anchor.