softshuffle
Member
Hi,
This Saturday was my first experience of a strong wind in my laser.
The water was also pretty choppy.
When on a beat I could not point nor bear away using the rudder as the boat was heeling. The rudder would not move. I tried hiking out but the boat was still heeling. There were a few times when the mainsheet was ripped out of my hand.
The only thing that seem to work was to let the sail out......but this was a problem in tacking as I capsized due to the sail being out so far. I also had problems trying to sheet in due to the power of the wind and heeling.....
How do you guys handle such a situation.
This Saturday was my first experience of a strong wind in my laser.
The water was also pretty choppy.
When on a beat I could not point nor bear away using the rudder as the boat was heeling. The rudder would not move. I tried hiking out but the boat was still heeling. There were a few times when the mainsheet was ripped out of my hand.
The only thing that seem to work was to let the sail out......but this was a problem in tacking as I capsized due to the sail being out so far. I also had problems trying to sheet in due to the power of the wind and heeling.....
How do you guys handle such a situation.