Ep 46: Heaving to

Wow this was very helpful to me. I did not know the rudder was so important; thought it was all about the head and the main working against one another.
But I'm a yet to be sailor so perhaps that is why :)

Another great video! Thanks for doing these.

Good and useuful video, thanks (Tarcísio, Azores Islands)

Great video, will recommend to others, all hulls / sail configurations hove to differently so this is worth bearing in mind when practising. Also, downwind speed can be significant, watch out for lee shores!

this was one of the best and simple videos on this topic thank you so much
you got me to subscribe

We have a tiller so not sure how to do that as can't lock wheel.

If the wind changes direction while your heaved to, will you have to do the maneuver again?

very very nice Sharing My dear respected friend Big Likes and Great Love from Ahmed Ali Nizamani.

Hey Marco!. Love the video. Hope you are doing well brother.

Fantastic explanation, thank you for posting this!

it was a great video. Thanks

Another good one. And the length of your videos is excellent.?

Excellent video. The best I have watched concerning this topic. Thanks !!

Great video! Is there a situation where you would not lock the rudder?

Is it typical for the main to flog while hove to? Is it acceptable to sheet the main or put on the kicker to reduce the strain on the main? Thanks. Great video.

I’m just reading Storm tactics by Lin & Larry Pardey This is a skill as important as any in your sailing knowledge that’s for sure.
Thank you for a really clear demonstration I’ve hit the subscribe button

great info and best explanation !

Thank you for sharing. Your explanation is clear and concise, and if I may add, uniquely yours - especially the way you animated and described the slow drift of the boat in tandem with the balancing forces between the jib and rudder in hove to as 'falling leaf pattern'. I must say this instruction is the best I have ever come across.

Hello Marco great video again !! How to do that with self tacking jib ?

i do it to reef down the main. i also use the staysail or storm jib in the stay sail position to reduce the pressure on the rig.

Great video with some real-life demonstrations and details, as well as technical diagrams on what's actually happening WRT the opposing forces.

Awesome stuff!

Outstanding TY very much!! Your presentation is the most clear and complete that I have seen.

Practice Practice Practice, every boat hoves too different. My long keel rawson 30 lays hove too nicely at 40° to wind with no forsail. Great for making lunch taking a break ect.
Lynn and Larry Parday Storm tactics is a great read on the subject. Storm rider sea anchour from New Zealand is next on my wish list.

Thank you! Beautifully explained

Outstanding! I’m heading to Grenada in 2 wks, we will be aboard a 41’ monohull and we will definitely be practicing this maneuver, gybing and others you have demonstrated! Thanks for the no-nonsense, to-the-point tutorials. Very much appreciated!

Would doing this maneuver in a heavy chop put you in danger of being capsized?

I’ve never sailed before but I’m thinking that in a beam reach position the boat is broadside to the waves?

Forgive my ignorance.

Great share, thanks.

At sea the Coast Guard wanted to board they gave an order to drop sails and be prepaired for boarding , so i hove to and becouse sails stayed up the young boson kept trying to come along but kept over shooting my vessal . The kept shouting for me to stop the boat and said but i am stopped . After a few tryes they they made it aboard and were perplexed at how all sails were flying yet no foreward momentum. In the end it turned out to be a fun experience for the coasties. My opinion is that knowing how to heave to and slowing down your vessal in strong weather are the most important skills to know and practice. Ps your vids im sure are not only saving lives but making folks more confident and therefor happier at sea! Thanks!

The diagram at the end is exactly what I was looking for to fully understand. Thank you!

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What would happen if you motor while hove-to? Would the boat maintain its hove-to course?

Is the process the same on a cat?

I first learned about "heaving to" reading Johnny Wray's South Sea Vagabonds. Then again reading Erling Tambs' The Cruise of the Teddy. And I'm now just beginning Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World.

I mention all these wonderful first-hand sailing books because except for one time while in my late 20s when a friend took me a long on his sailboat on Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, I've never been sailing since, and I'm now 73 years old.

Reading about sailing this way has allowed to appreciate sailing and how wonderful it is.
Thank you for this very nice video on heaving to!

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Ty man

Thank you for this clear explanation ❤. I am gonna try this in mild breeze cause it looks like the leeward side goes down a lot while heaving to. We sail a dufour 29 with torpedo keel. Can this be achieved in all windconditions?

Awesome video, thank you! It would be great, if you could get into the controversies and details about heaving to in heavy weather in another video. Thanks!

Wonderfully explained and demonstrated. The animation was very clear! The gold standard of instruction, nothing is as good as this video!

By far the best & clearest explanation with a live demonstration of heave-to. Thank you! I have a question about your main sheets... do they go through/under the dodger? what type of boat is that? Thank you- keep up the good work. You're probably helping more people than you could possibly know.

Is that lake Champlain?

So Reef The Main Centre it Up into the Wind Then The Main Traveller Sets The Sail ...as the Jib Luffs and Tacks to the other side Lock the Wheel to Starboard and Have a Cuppa Tea ...I am away from Boats at present and would like to get this Ingrained into an Automatic Manoeuvre is this a partial understanding...Thanks for Showing👍

Such useful and informative content. No fluff all gold.

He does it wrong. You must ease the main to do it correctly

Nice one

Outstanding. I’m learning so much from you. Thank you.

Practiced this many times this past weekend. Now seeing it on screen and reinforcing what I learned and also gaining some perspective that I didnt have in the boat. Thanks for making this video.