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Un célèbre blogueur avait mis en exergue de son blog la phrase suivante: ” Les médias traditionnels envoient des messages, les blogs démarrent des conversations“.

Bref, tout ça pour dire qu’en parallèle du site et des commentaires, quelques échanges de mails ont lieu entre propriétaires sur divers sujets.  Certains ont la gentillesse de me laisser en copie de ces conversations riches d’enseignement et de partage d’expériences.

Par exemple, Rob notre formidable conteur de régate britannique parle ici avec Dominique de son week end de navigation, en solo et avec des conditions devenues soudainement musclées, où quelques photos de l’aménagement de pont ont pu être prises:

“I went out for a sail yesterday singlehanded, and the wind went from F2 to F5 in 10 minutes, so having quickly reefed I came in and had time to take a few more photos.

Hopefully they help explain where and how the jib track is fitted, the mastfoot fittings, and the Barton strut (soutien de bôme rigide) instead of a topping lift (balancine de bôme).

The mast foot blocks are a combination of the ones which came with the boat (the small ones), and Barton blocks shackled to the mast foot.

Let me know if you want any further information.“

Merci Rob!

“  Regarding the reefs, … but the way I did it on Wednesday was -
1. Heave to. (Pull the jib in on the other side without tacking, and push the tiller down to luff into the wind against the jib. Fasten the ’tiller tamer’ to keep the tiller hard over. The mainsheet was let out so the mainsail was flapping).
2. Release the main halyard and let the main drop. Lean over the cabin and hook the cringle (hole) in the mainsail on to the hook on the boom. (I didn’t need to go on deck to do this as the hatch was not in).
3. Tighten the main halyard quickly, and pull in the reef line.
4. Release the jib and pull it in on the other side, centre the tiller, and
pull in the mainsheet. 

Everything worked well, and it was very quick. I’ve found it quite hard to ‘heave to’ previously. I think it would be easier if I rolled the jib in a bit first. The pressure of the wind on the jib when it is sheeted on the windward side is usually too much for the tiller to balance without the mainsail sheeted in as well. It worked ok this time as I did it so fast there wasn’t time for the boat to bear off to far. However, I need to experiment some more.

I was glad I reefed when I did though - going back to the mooring I was doing 6.5 knots with 2 reefs in the main on a close reach, but at least I was reasonably under control!

I’ve sailed Margarita singlehanded about 20 times over the last 6 months,and have gained a lot of confidence in her, although I wouldn’t like to be out on my own in her far from home in a F5+. Sailing her on my own has made me much more gentle in my movements - when you have to do everything yourself you need to give yourself time, and I’m finding it’s making me sail better with a crew as a result.

By the way, I have thought about putting in a single line reefing system. I’m not sure it’s needed, but it does mean all reefing can be done from the cockpit, although there will be a lot more string around the boat. Mat - do you know if anyone has experimented with this? ”

Beau témoignage ouvert aux commentaires. Si quelqu’un a mis en place un système de prise de ris automatique, qu’il n’hésite pas à intervenir pour répondre à la dernière question de Rob.

J’espère également que tout le monde peut suivre ces témoignages en anglais car ils sont vraiment riches d’enseignement. Une bonne âme traductrice peut se proposer si elle veut…  via les commentaires éventuellement.

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