Sven
Seglare
The various boats I sailed as a kid could never go to windward well enough to even bother under only jib, so I stopped even trying many decades ago.
Imagine my surprise a few months ago when we were drifting along under just the jib and I had to round up and Senta was still moving along, into the wind under only jib. She actually sails quite well under only the jib, going to windward. The Center of Effort (the jib) must be way forward of the Center of Lateral Plane (the keel, and hull) so I don't know she can move along so well to windward under only jib.
Anyway ... yesterday when we were coming into San Diego the wind really picked up as we rounded Point Loma. At one point we were 45° off the wind and doing a steady 7.4 knots under just jib with the Cape Horn in control. Everything was working really really well but it was a bit too crowded with boats everywhere so we ended up disconnecting Yves (the Cape Horn) and starting the engine a bit later.
Once we got close to the dock (another story) the wind died
-Sven
Imagine my surprise a few months ago when we were drifting along under just the jib and I had to round up and Senta was still moving along, into the wind under only jib. She actually sails quite well under only the jib, going to windward. The Center of Effort (the jib) must be way forward of the Center of Lateral Plane (the keel, and hull) so I don't know she can move along so well to windward under only jib.
Anyway ... yesterday when we were coming into San Diego the wind really picked up as we rounded Point Loma. At one point we were 45° off the wind and doing a steady 7.4 knots under just jib with the Cape Horn in control. Everything was working really really well but it was a bit too crowded with boats everywhere so we ended up disconnecting Yves (the Cape Horn) and starting the engine a bit later.
Once we got close to the dock (another story) the wind died
-Sven