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Design for using a tether to hold the companionway boards in place in heavy weather.
[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
Narrative list of things to do, have, or rig when heavy weather approaches or when in a rescue situation.
[Ocean Racing Club of Victoria, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia]
Account from Surviving the Storm of a 70-90-knot storm aboard a Westsail 43, including use of their drogue, storm trysail, and engine. Authors give additional advice.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
List of things they did right and wrong when deploying a sea anchor after the headsail blew out in a gale off Cape Horn. 3 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, July 2003]
Lessons learned about fluids, food, sleep, and heaving-to in heavy weather.
[Cruising World, December 2001]
Using an inclinometer and rudder angle gauge to decide when to reef. Looking for advance warning in clouds and on radar. Unpowering sails. 3 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, June 2001]
Detailed suggestions for heaving to with any rig.
[Cruising World, December 2000]
A progressive reefing plan will keep the boat sailing faster with a more neutral helm in heavy weather.
[Sail Magazine, October 2002]
Ways to slow the boat in heavy weather include feathering and forereaching. Methods of stopping include heaving-to and Rod-stopping.
[SailNet, 2 March 2001]
Advice from a Canadian Yachting Association Offshore Instructor on prediction and preparation for rough weather, and how to handle the rig and crew in heavy weather at sea.
[Pascal O. Luthi, Geneva, Switzerland]
The old sailor′s query of when do you reef sails has the answer: the first time you think of it.
Bruce Van Sant
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