is is possible to hove-to a cat like the h-16?
i have tried using the monohull method and i keep on sailing. is something wrong with my technique or does the high sail ratio of the cat prevent sitting still? i am just curious if stopping for extended periods is possible. thanks
What is Hove-to
Sorry, i am not that experienced using all of the proper sailing terms.
Hove-to : see Heave-to: Rig your boat so that it lies to wind and sea with as little movement as possible. Can be done by trimming headsail to windward and lashing the tiller to leeward
Parking an H16 is possible, but as I understand it you will still move forward and backward in an arc. I believe the technique you described is correct, but I hope someone with more experience than I will describe the procedure in detail. I need help with my parking also 
Greg
H14, H16
Parking your boat is easy. Release the jib. Head up slowly up till the boat starts to slow. Ease the traveler all the way off. Let the main sheet off until you have a couple feet between the blocks. As the boat stops push the tiller toward the boom and hold it there. The boat will do what was explained above it slowly go fore and aft.
What happens is as the boat trys to back the main tastes some wind and the boat whats to go foward. As it goes foward it heads directly into the wind and the whole thing starts over. If you have one of those internaly shock corded righting -sissy lines that wrap around the boat and are tied to the rudder pins,you just put a wrap around the end of your hiking stick, expand the stick until the rudders are held over all the way......Look MA a no hands park job. 
Have Fun
Mike
Thanks a lot Mike. I appreciate the info. 
Can't wait for the weather to warm here in NM.
Greg
H14. H16
While tacking in a regatta, my eager but in-experienced crew had the habit of pulling the jib over and cleating to the new side, before we went throught the eye of the wind. Most people don't do this and it causes some wierd problems. The jib began to backwind and kill the tack. I didn't say much and decided not to fuss and just let the wind gently push us backwards and reverse my helm to get the bow around into the proper position. But, the boat didn't respond, we just stalled out, and we almost never got going again. This embarrasment happened one more time before I figured out we had executed a perfect Heave-To! So the next time I cautioned my new crew not to pull the jib over, and cleat it to the new side until we were sailing on the opposite tack. End of problem.