[quote=Barren]I've only been sailing my h16 for four years.. but I've found that leaving the jib cleated until you have completed the tack works wonders! Keeping you from getting stuck in irons is one factor, the other is the stupid battens getting stuck on the mast or on the halyards. If you have any amount of decent wind, once you've come through and pulled in the main sheet, you uncleat the jib and it will pop over very easily and you will be off and running like a rocket ship!
From what I've seen on the h16.. it's either going or it's not. There isn't much in between.
I was in Jamaica last month and played on a Hobie Wave one day when it was blowing hard... we crushed everyone else who was out there.. mostly because I'm experienced, but I bet having my sailing gloves came into play as none of the cleats worked very well, so you had to hold the main. I think I scared my girlfriend though after we rocketed out of the bay and plowed through the surf.. it looks a bit daunting there in comparison to our little lakes here in Wisconsin.[/quote]
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