Taking a Reef Downwind in 30 knots

Taking a Reef Downwind in 30 knots - R2AK

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5 жыл бұрын

Satchel and Tanguy took a reef in our main as it looked like the wind was increasing and might reach 35 gusting 40. In the end we didn't see this so after a couple of hours, we shook the reef out. The wind stabilized around 28 knots gusting 32 and the full main did a good job at getting the boat on good surf. The reef lowered the boat's ability to surf which ultimately loaded the rig more. Nat driving.

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@TrailerYacht 5 жыл бұрын

Great effort reefing while screaming along under kite on one of my all-time favourite yachts - love your work, and thanks for sharing. Cheers, Gavin

@Yocambio 5 жыл бұрын

Great job! The Figaro 2 is so stable in those conditions and I'm very impressed by how easy it is to drive to that small spinnaker and still keep the boat moving fast. Chapeau!

@krzysztoft5726 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Great job guys!

@danancona247 4 жыл бұрын

What a sleigh ride! So fun.

@philippesails4973 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Really! Nice recollection when I was doing that single-handed with my friend the auto-pilot!

@JeffCrowell11 3 жыл бұрын

Great job crew.

@tincoffin 3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. I never knew you could do this with a Bermudan rig. it was one of the advantages of a gaffer.

@Fearless-sailing 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful job!

@eladioboss 4 жыл бұрын

Unos maestros!!!!!!! masters!!!!!

@user-gw7vy9bg1y 3 жыл бұрын

Бесконечность воды, бескрайние просторы и слаженная работа команды.

@matthewpocock4824 2 жыл бұрын

Look at her go. 18 knots downwind. Exhilarating.

@francescomanzin7329 6 ай бұрын

This is a good job

@mghemke 5 жыл бұрын

This is dinghy sailing at it's finest ;-)

@sailawayteam 10 ай бұрын

Well done

@RomainLagrange1 10 ай бұрын

I have never sailed with this sail material, but I would be so scared to rip it against the crosstree. I did it on a grand surprise with a light wind sail, and immediately got a dent.

@somefuckstolemynick 10 ай бұрын

Yup, I'm a bit of a noob in sailing, but with this wind, to me it looked risky.

@dmitripogosian5084 10 ай бұрын

Yep, main seems to be lying on the spreaders

@cybereye2 2 жыл бұрын

Smooth Reef

@rorymacintosh6691 10 ай бұрын

I’m surprised you can pull the mainsail down going down wind. On our boat, the slugs always catch in the mast track, so we have to turn up wind a bit to take off the pressure.

@markthomasson5077 8 ай бұрын

At 18knts, only 12kts in the sail.

@jameslittlewood7821 11 ай бұрын

I've never done that, but really good to see. Why the wee trip up the mast? Is there a reefing eyelet there he had to release or something?

@RomainLagrange1 10 ай бұрын

small sheet at the reefing padeye to bring the sail down. As the sail is not totally unpowered, it will not come down alone.

@nicolasartheau822 10 ай бұрын

Give a bit more tension to the backstay to balance the one loosen through the main sail by the reef

@bettycamacho7084 6 ай бұрын

Reefing downwind is such a good skill to have, you make it look easy! Do you have a preventor on the boom?

@qatarsailor7727 4 жыл бұрын

Good job guys , reefing with out luff up 👌. What is the boat you were sailing?

@NathalieCriou 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the comment! It is a Figaro 2

@dmitripogosian5084 10 ай бұрын

What kind of setup is that that you have to climb on the boom at the mast ?

@tinman8972 7 күн бұрын

I hate those aft-raked spreaders for the sake of avoiding a back stay. They really limit the travel of the boom on runs.

@douglaslin5469 2 жыл бұрын

Fun video, thanks. I'd like to reef single handed. When did you put the reef line in? Or do you have it in all the time? Evidently a reef line most of the time will wear the mainsail ... I'd like to have a cunningham setup leading to the cockpit, so I could reef without leaving the cockput. Its not so easy single handed to put in a reef line ...

@NathalieCriou Жыл бұрын

I like to reef single handed too in heavier winds. I always keep two reefing lines when doing long distance and offshore sailing.

@sleethmitchell 6 ай бұрын

18 knots? on a displacement hull?

@pierpalumbo415 10 ай бұрын

💪👀👍

@michaeldob2153 Жыл бұрын

Great Vid! I am surprised that you don't sail close reach when you reef.

@NathalieCriou Жыл бұрын

can be a bit tricky in heavy winds... it's the idea though

@michaeldob2153 Жыл бұрын

@@NathalieCriou My concern would be an accidental gybe on the other hand I understand that sailing with a spinnaker does not let you many options.

@observer2172 6 ай бұрын

Good work, but risky, and there were no battens to break on the stays ...

@franckalberto4078 Жыл бұрын

si le vent monte encore ? 2eme ris et barber à bloc sous le vent ? est ce que c'est interessant de choquer un peu du tangon pour avancer le spi et le faire deventer un peu par la gv ?

@NathalieCriou Жыл бұрын

Si le vent monte encore a voir a quel moment il faut mieux affaler le spi. Oui barber a bloc ca aide a controler le bateau mieux et deventer le haut du spi. Debrasser peu faire deventer le spi mais ca cree a desequilibre a la barre puisque le centre d'effort passe sous le vent d'ou une tendance plus prononcee a partir au loft. En general s'il y a du vent, il a des vaguest et avec un bateau qui surfe quand le vent monte il vaut mieux garder la vitesse plutot que sortit d'un surf trop sous le vent. Donc forcement le tangon sera plus choque dans tous les cas. Nous avions essaye avec un deuxieme ris + spi sous 39-40 noeuds de vent mais le bateau n'etait pas equilibre (via la GV qui etait trop petite) donc pas recommende sauf si on reduit la voilure a l'avant aussi. mais bon chaque bateau est different!

@franckalberto4078 10 ай бұрын

@@NathalieCriou merci beaucoup j'avais vu des videos de depart au lof dans ces conditions là avec juste un malheureux debrassage de quelque cm qui suffit à destabiliser le bateau ; j'aurais donc tendance à croire qu'il faut faire l'imverse barber à fond brasser et baisser le tangon pour baisser le spis l'empecher de bouger et lui faire perdre de sa puissance. Tout le probleme c'est de garder le bateau à plat ^^. je dis ça en simple amateur . Encore merci pour cette reponse . et bon vent

@chazparvez4970 Жыл бұрын

Nice. What yacht is that?

@NathalieCriou Жыл бұрын

it's a figaro 2

@djihtiandr319 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t look like 30 knots Seas too calm I really doubt it’s 20....

@christianfournier6862 2 жыл бұрын

Downwind with a speed of 18 kts, that makes 12 kts on the sails. The sea state depends on what shore may be upwind ; but look at the wake. And while they were taking the reef, the boom took an interesting bend : it is a 30 kts wind all right!

@dmitripogosian5084 10 ай бұрын

Not even whitecaps to speak of

@Jeanetteinnes 11 ай бұрын

Surely you would take some pressure off the sail before attempting a reef???

@NathalieCriou 11 ай бұрын

Indeed we did

@Papersheepp 3 жыл бұрын

why are you taking a reef when you still have your kite up?

@dimitriskrin 3 жыл бұрын

I suspect it's a fractional kite and helm balance

@NathalieCriou Жыл бұрын

yes that is correct -above 32 knots constantly on the Figaro 2 there is a risk of breaking the mast if you don't take a reef

@dmitripogosian5084 10 ай бұрын

@@NathalieCriou And you reef at 30 when at 32+ you can break the mast ?? That's adventurous

@robertkowalski9906 3 жыл бұрын

So thats how you do it with more than one on board... blow the vang goes a lot quicker ;-)

@NathalieCriou 3 жыл бұрын

a definite oversight ;-)

@hellkell8693 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job. How does releasing the vang help? What’s the reasoning behind it?

@robertkowalski9906 3 жыл бұрын

@@hellkell8693 the vang tightens the leach right ? So the vang is holding the end of the boom down as you tighten the reef line with it engaged the boom fights coming up to the clew.

@hellkell8693 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertkowalski9906 thank you.

@brucejacobson3350 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertkowalski9906 Tightening the topping lift doesn't hurt, either.