Skiff fitness

   This was always an issue with wide wings. On narrows the wings are in a perfect place to plonk your arse down as you tack, whereas wides required a bit more effort but it's doable. You don't need to be right up by the shrouds after a tack, but at least try to get in front of the mainsheet bridle. The bigger issue is to get across quickly to keep the power on. If you get across too early that's fine, a quick pull on the mainsheet should get you back up out of the water. Better to be too quick than too slow.

I'd strongly recommend sailing alongside another 600, it makes a massive difference.

Author	Message Share Topic Printable Version Delicious Digg Facebook Furl Google MySpace Newsvine reddit StumbleUpon Translate Twitter Windows Live Yahoo Bookmarks Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic
craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Skiff fitness Posted: 10 Jul 14 at 10:29pm
	This was always an issue with wide wings. On narrows the wings are in a perfect place to plonk your arse down as you tack, whereas wides required a bit more effort but it's doable. You don't need to be right up by the shrouds after a tack, but at least try to get in front of the mainsheet bridle. The bigger issue is to get across quickly to keep the power on. If you get across too early that's fine, a quick pull on the mainsheet should get you back up out of the water. Better to be too quick than too slow. I'd strongly recommend sailing alongside another 600, it makes a massive difference.

dohertpk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote dohertpk Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 14 at 10:37pm
	That's exactly the problem! I can't count the number of times I've gone to sit down on the rack and landed my ass in that gap between the rack and the gunnel. Once there, there's no getting out either...I would dearly love to sail with another boat. I'm based in Dublin though, and, for better or worse, I have the only 600 in the Republic as far as I know. Hoping to get a GoPro in the near future though to share my misadventures in the Irish Sea.