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Oliver,
You're right, It's different sailing at sea on your own (sailing with family is the same but there is more to tread on) to balls out round a lake with a full (and trained and fit and competant) racing crew (apologies to Philippe, we aren't all dedicated to competitive circuit racing). I rate a smaller jib as essential for safety.
I suspect it can get pretty choppy off Mallorca, like off Poole. It's no good being overpressed, it only slows you down. On my own, I use the no. 2 with the sheets fed back to the spinnaker blocks and the ends tied together so they are to hand - makes tacking easier. A good control on the backstay to flatten the main is good to kill the overload. On Gazelle, it is routed to both sides of the cockpit, as is the kicker.
I think there are some micros in the RYA portsmouth yardstick - I'll have a look. Or you might get away with saying it's like a First 18 for club handicap racing.
I reduce sail as :
1 - genoa to jib
2 - flatten main - backstay
3 - let off the kicker - in gusts
3 - Ist reef and shut the hatch
4 - 2nd reef and put the washboards in, keep the weight aft off the wind
5 - stay in the bar
Although 3 up with full sail in 6-7 was controllable, it was character building, and I don't think it would have been good without the 40 stones of crew (sorry, 236kg) on the rail.
Another trick, not widely used, is to put the first reef in at the leech only, great for seeing what your'e doing and keeping your head clear of the boom. Especially good when towing a fishing lure!
----- Original Message -----From: oliver cheethamSent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:00 PMSubject: Re: [MicroClass] working jibthanks for that
it is exactly when i´m short handed or alone that the
prob really gets bad!!! the boat is really not at
all happy in a blow!
i will probably speak to sanders
--- JOHN BUTTON <jbutton@...> wrote:
> Hi
> I recommed a no.2. There are other things besides
> racing... a working jib is great for a "sail around
> the bay" especially single handed or if it's windy
> and you're short of crew weight. Or racing when it's
> windy and rough. My Gem micro has genoa + jib (or
> no. 2) - by Sanders sails in lymington. they may be
> able to advise. The jib is cut as a blade, with a
> hollow luff so it's flat without needing excessive
> luff tension.
> John
> Gazelle
> Poole
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: oliver cheetham
> To: MicroClass@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:31 PM
> Subject: [MicroClass] working jib
>
>
> hi guys
> having now got my micro up and running i feel i am
> missing at least one head sail
> does the micro normally have a no 2 headsail or is
> all
> the reefing done on the main?
> if it should have a no 2 does anyone have
> measurements
> for it?
> also can anyone advise py or irc figures for the
> boat?
> regards oliver
>
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