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Sailing Skills: Launching and Recovering the Jib by Nick Beck and Diggory Rose Sailing skills: launching and recovering the Jib By Nick Beck and Diggory Rose In our experience of teaching folks to sail, both on our own Traditional 1 Boat Skills courses and through the RYA YachtmasterTM scheme we’ve come across many “methods” for doing everything from making a cup of tea to picking up a man overboard. Some of these are excellent but none of them is always the right way to get the job done. Even the good ones are merely a basic template for approaching the task in a safe and seamanlike fashion. As we often sail with inexperienced crew on Amelie Rose we’ve built up our own “Standard Operating Procedures” and, as you too may sail with inexperienced friends and family, we thought we’d share these – as a guide, not as a prescription. 4 ith their large Reducing the power mainsails aloft It’s perfectly possible to hoist few gaffers or drop the jib with the boat sail well to pointing to windward and if the windwardW without a significant intention is to sail off the anchor balancing force acting forward or mooring then this may well of their “centre of lateral be necessary. Most of the time resistance”. For most tradi- however we have, and use, our tional craft this force comes in auxiliary engine so are most the form of a jib, often set out often likely to set our jib whilst on a bowsprit to increase the motor-sailing with the main leverage of this relatively small hoisted. This gives us the option sail. There’s usually no forestay of sheltering the whole foredeck out there to hank it onto behind the lee of the mainsail which can make the foredeck a which will make a huge differ- dangerously entertaining place ence to the power being exerted to be when this mainly-unre- on the jib at the critical point, strained canvas is hauled aloft. when it’s neither up nor down. Even the advent of furling gear their part, but also roughly how Unless there’s a good reason doesn’t guarantee the safety that part fits into the whole not to (an imminent lee shore, of the hands up forward as picture. This extends beyond boisterous sea-state or lack of they’ve still got to get it all up the foredeck too. The helm is experienced helm) we always there and it’s not uncommon key to a successful hoist and the raise and drop our jib with the for issues to require them to Skipper (if blessed with enough wind aft. An additional benefit 7 drop the sail in the traditional crew) should consider taking of this being that if all doesn’t fashion. So how to control our a step back to watch the whole go to plan we’re already taking wildly flying jibs? process, enabling them to catch the sting out of conditions problems before they become on the foredeck, reducing the Preparation apparent to those focused solely impact on the crew up there. It’s enough of a challenge to get on the task in hand. Other ways of reducing the the jib up and working without power include controlling the mistakes in preparation requir- Timing and teamwork jib itself. In lighter airs once ing us get it all down again in Especially when working with it’s rigged it can be rolled into a hurry. Misled or badly tied folks who are not used to tradi- itself as it is pulled out on the sheets and halyards, twists in tional rigs it’s important to make traveller reducing the likelihood the sail and even the discovery sure that everyone understands of it filling with wind or water. that the jib was attached upside the sequence of events, and As conditions liven up consider down have all played their part what the start point is for the putting the jib “in stops” as this in Amelie Rose’s current record activity they’ve been assigned. allows you to hoist an essentially of four attempts to get it nailed A seasoned crew will fall to furled sail. (See Stopping-up a Jib.) on right. Careful preparation this naturally but with greener will mean that the job gets done hands it’s often necessary direct How we do it right, first time, every time. each action during the hoist Here are our Standard Oper- The crew too need to be (e.g. “don’t pull this until they’ve ating Procedures (SOPs) for prepared. Each person needs done that” or even “don’t pull Jib Hoist with mainsail up and to know not only how to play until I tell you to”). engine running. 74 CLASSIC SAILOR Setting the jib while motor-sailing with the main hoisted gives us the option of sheltering the whole foredeck behind the lee of the mainsail 2 3 In detail Stopping-up a Jib If a pontoon is available you’ll find it much easier to do this on it as even the smallest jib often has a luff longer than your deck. Traditionally there was much talk about “rotten cotton” being ideal, but lengths of wool are just the ticket and easier to find. Stretch out the luff, then flake the sail leaving the luff visible and the tack just peeking out over the centre of the luff. 5 6 Hoisting the jib: Starting opposite the luff, roll the sail reasona- 1: The traveller is attached bly tightly until you have a long tube with the luff to outhaul and inhaul and and tack still showing. needs to be hauled in. 2: Attach the tack of the sail to A lighter sail (e.g. a drifter) can just be bunched the traveller. 3: Bending on up rather than flaking and rolling but be sure to the sheets to the clew of the work along the luff. sail with bowlines. 4: Haul Tie two or three strands of wool around the the traveller out to the end centre of the rolled sail passing through the tack of the bowsprit. 5: Hoist the (this is where the maximum unfurling pressure will halyard. 6: Make it off with a figure of eight and a half be exerted). hitch to hold it firm. 7: Pull Work away from the centre tying the rolled on the sheets to break out sail every foot and a half (50cm) or so, stopping the sail from its woolen stops a good two feet (60cm) from the ends (as this is 6 (see panel on stopping-up where the least unfurling pressure will be exerted). a jib, right). 8: Flaking a Rig the sail as normal. Halyard (see below). When hoisting be careful not to pull the sail out of stops before you’re ready to go. To fly the sail – just sheet in! Flaking a Halyard 8 I’ve seen all sorts of fancy methods employed when flaking out halyards, from figures of eight to beautifully coiled affairs. None of this is necessary as all we are trying to achieve is to ensure that there are no snarls, loops or outright knots heading skyward to jam things up. Start at the end furthest from the belaying pin or cleat. Work along the halyard chucking each handful on the deck be- hind you in a big unseemly pile. If you find any knots or snarl-ups work them out and then carry on piling. The key is that the next part of the halyard to be paid out is always going to be on top of all the parts that come after it. Hey presto, no more snarls. CLASSIC SAILOR 75 Sailing skills: launching and recovering the Jib Double-check that the Jib is bugger’s muddle” this means 1 rigged correctly, the bobstay flaking it out. (See Flaking a set and the working main mast Halyard p9.) A green crew backstay is hauled down tight. should also always be warned Close-haul the main (in case not to grab the clew or sheets of accidental gybe). before the sail is de-powered lest Post one crew on the traveller they find themselves jettisoned hauling line, briefed to haul out overboard if the sail fills. when told. Here are our SOPs again: Post another crew on the bow Flake out the jib halyard. (inside the jib, behind the lazy Check for lines over-board, sheet), briefed to feed the jib start the engine. out, rolling the sail around itself Close-haul the main (in case as they do, working with the of accidental gybe). traveller hauler to ensure that Station a crew at the traveller the jib is slack enough to haul line briefed to bring it in when out but not trailing in the water. asked. Once the traveller is Post a third crew at the jib back at the stem they should halyard briefed to hoist quickly get an arm around the front of when the traveller haul is the descending sail in order to completed, the hauling line encourage it to drop in the boat made off and the hauler and and not into the oggin. feeder are clear. Post another crew at the hal- Instruct the helm to bear off yard briefed to keep a turn on the until the main is shadowing the belaying pin until asked to drop. launch side of the foredeck (very When the drop is called they Bringing the jib in. 1: Post crew on the foredeck to haul in the traveller from the end of the broad reach).
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