How to avoid and get out of a broach when sailing downwind

In the second part of our new 12-part series on Advanced Sailing Techniques, professional sailor Pip Hare coaches you through what to do when you start to broach.

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In the second part of our new 12-part series on Advanced Sailing Techniques, professional sailor Pip Hare coaches you through what to do when you start to broach.

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for How to avoid and get out of a broach when sailing downwind

bodywood
bodywood - 6 years ago
In a gust the apparent wind comes aft, the trimmers should ease to the new apparent wind angle and trim on when the guest has passed and apparent wind moves back forward. Both sails should be trimmed constantly but the spinnaker is critical. As the power comes on you ease to get the windward spinnaker edge projecting and trying to curl. If you don't ease you will heel, lose the rudder and broach. You should also advise what not to do, such as trying to oversteer out of a broach when have already lost the rudder grip on the water will kill the boat speed and any chance of steering out without fully depowering as your mates go by. Sometimes a little luff can depower and reduce heel, keep the boat moving then give a sharp kick away and snap the kite back into shape.
Coleen West
Coleen West - 6 years ago
Should we be listening to an old small woman on how to sail? Maybe we need a real man who participated racing or something like that.
jim James
jim James - 7 years ago
Get a boat with a long keel and a keel mounted rudder, and you will avoid most of this foolishness
Video Game Pancake
Video Game Pancake - 7 years ago
Can the boat capsize if it broaches too much?
Eric Conner
Eric Conner - 7 years ago
What is the kicker? The vang?
penguinsscareme
penguinsscareme - 7 years ago
Yes in British slang.
Thomas Elliott
Thomas Elliott - 7 years ago
Do any of your staff give a stuff about their pronunciation and whether they can be understood or do they just do not give a stuff anyway? How many words can they produce in the space of one. This is sobadthattheideos triival and useless. You might realise that the primary function of Yachting unworldly is communication.
awuma
awuma - 7 years ago
Piffle. This video may be offering simple advice, but it is very good advice, and furthermore it's knowledge you have to be apply instantly, because a sudden gust can cause a broach in a second.
Carmel Pule'
Carmel Pule' - 7 years ago
I always thought that a broach was when a boat slew around when a following wave attacks it from behind. The boats with large transom and a narrow front angle are the one which suffers from and a centreboard does not always help at all.
Broaching occurs when a following wave lifts up the transom due to its large displacement and at the same time the weak bos dig in the water where lateral resistance is met and so the boat heels over and the transom overtakes the bows. With a centreboard the lateral resistance is greater low down in the water while the wave displacement up top will tend to rotate the boat to capsize it. It is related to the broaching that is mentioned in this video but instead of the rotating torque is provided by the leaning of the mast providing a torque to rotate the craft on the surface of the sea, the following wave will produce a more dangerous flip over as happens in high waves. The following wave broach can be avoided if one releases a drogue parachute or anything that may drag the boat or a large rudder which is sensitive to the quick corrections of a good skipper.
With a large very high following wave , well one cannot do much as the dynamics of the peak of waves are complex and no boat can handle it so the philosophy is to either stay in harbour or anchor down and be ready to submerge a few times.
davidgeorge11
davidgeorge11 - 7 years ago
Why does EVERY sailing video have these long intros?? 37 seconds of nothing until you get to the information. Jesus.
mapezaid
mapezaid - 7 years ago
Is a kicker the Jib sail? Thought these terms were standardized... go figure
Mikefule
Mikefule - 7 years ago
Kicking strap, or kicker (for short) is the term often used in British English. Indeed, I remember being confused the first time I heard it referred to as a "vang". It was first explained to me as the thing that stops the boom "kicking up". I've just looked up "vang" out of interest and it comes from an old word meaning to seize or hold - so a similar idea, I suppose.
mapezaid
mapezaid - 7 years ago
170221dn thanks, haven't heard that term for a vang before. Makes more sense in terms of Depowering the main…
170221dn
170221dn - 7 years ago
No, it is the "kicking strap" or Vang. The control that connects from the boom to the mast and controls how much the boom can rise (among other things)

10. comment for How to avoid and get out of a broach when sailing downwind

BandB1111111
BandB1111111 - 7 years ago
Do Brits ever call the kicker a vang? I bet Germans prefer Vang..."Reduce ze tension on ze vang, Schnell!"
Rick Owens
Rick Owens - 7 years ago
This is a RACING technique, not, necessarily, a universal sailing technique, as the title suggests
The primary reason for having a spinnaker up in this much wind is if you are racing, and really, the ONLY reason to be using a spinnaker.
Easing the sheet, alone, on a spinnaker does NOT spill the wind. Thus, it does NOT necessarily help your situation. You are more likely have to have to throw the sheet, or tack, loose completely to have enough effect to prevent a broach.
"Kicker" is a slang term for vang, even in Great Britain.
GhostOfJulesVerne
GhostOfJulesVerne - 7 years ago
Kicker = Boom Vang
Martin Lang
Martin Lang - 7 years ago
I have never heard of him...just joking, never heard of "it" before.
Cheers.
Gary Souza
Gary Souza - 7 years ago
A fore guy.
Martin Lang
Martin Lang - 7 years ago
GhostOfJulesVerne Interestingly in Australia, the "kicker", was the sheet pulling the spinnaker pole down to the bow. So what do the English call this sheet then?
5BASSIP
5BASSIP - 7 years ago
Not normally into music on sailing videos, but, anyone know the music on this one?
Jeff Brush
Jeff Brush - 7 years ago
when in doubt, let it out!
phillydawg1313
phillydawg1313 - 6 years ago
I got me a rock and roll band? I's a free for all!
Mordecai Irony
Mordecai Irony - 7 years ago
Wrong order.
Whether people have gained experience or new to the game, the first thing to ease is the spinnaker.
If your game is on the main is properly trimmed, therefore the vang is eased.
The main trimmer should be busy in keeping the main from too much backwinding as speed increases.
When we are racing it goes in that order, even single handing.
With an experienced crew, the driver should rarely make adjustments for trim. Feeling the boat, the spinnaker trimmer is responsible for keeping the boat on its feet and the vang trimmer accelerates the boat through the waves.
Working as a team, a cadence is maintained through the puffs and waves that realizes increased speed and a smooth ride.
170221dn
170221dn - 7 years ago
So you are saying it is the wrong order because on your boat the vang would already be eased?
So in other words you have someone with their "game on" who eases the vang early ie. before easing the spinny JUST LIKE SHE SAID.
Jo Allan
Jo Allan - 7 years ago
I agree, those broaches were contrived, and very mild, usually when racing downwind, max speed, you are always likely to broach, and the spinnaker sheet has to be "dumped"
Paulina Kuhn
Paulina Kuhn - 7 years ago
Lunch mistake plan merely responsible toe.
Mitchell Brown
Mitchell Brown - 7 years ago
Try that again. You may want to get an adult to help you. Preferably, one that knows English.
Ajmal Mian
Ajmal Mian - 7 years ago
i am learning to sail past 5 years ,i work . cannot spend weeks at sea .done 3 courses .got competent crew and shorebased dayskipper . these videos are a waste of time because presenter is a professional sailor . i own my own boat beneteau 36.need training that is understandable to a learner . if you understand the video you probably dont need to watch it
Jo Allan
Jo Allan - 7 years ago
You need to sign up on a racing yacht, they will train you in no time, I understand exactly what is happening. I have sailed for years, but once you have raced on a well crewed yacht, you will learn exponentially. There is no way you can learn much more than the basics from doing shore based courses.
TroyaE117
TroyaE117 - 8 years ago
Friend, avoid spinnakers on a long trip. They are not worth the risk.
Jo Allan
Jo Allan - 7 years ago
Not at all, the eyes adjust to night sailing, just be cautious, it can be useful to rig a foresail and main, using the spinnaker pole to run downwind.
Gary Souza
Gary Souza - 7 years ago
Actually they are great for a long trip, especially if you stay on the same tack. If anything, I'd say take it down at night, cause if the sh*t hits the fan, it's a real pain in the dark.
Mike Beyl
Mike Beyl - 8 years ago
When Pip is saying to ease , does this mean to turn the boat leeward ..
oceandrew
oceandrew - 7 years ago
To ease is to let out the sheet to the sail in question so it spills the wind to power down.
To turn the boat to leeward is to back off the wind which can result in decreasing heel or boat tilt.

20. comment for How to avoid and get out of a broach when sailing downwind

Edward
Edward - 8 years ago
what kind of boat is that?
Gary Souza
Gary Souza - 7 years ago
X 34. They made them from 2007 to 2013
Dd Ddd
Dd Ddd - 7 years ago
Joseph Brook yes at 0.25 apear xp44 but mabye that was a advertaseing,cause the x-yacht that they are sailing is no bigger than a 38 or a 39 foot,just take a look to the photos of a xp44 and you will see,and the xp44 it has two stearing wheels.
BOZO CLOWN
BOZO CLOWN - 7 years ago
its a sail boat.
Joseph Brook
Joseph Brook - 8 years ago
At 0:25 you can clearly see Xp44.
TanguilleGrootaert
TanguilleGrootaert - 8 years ago
X-Yacht 50
sbc388550
sbc388550 - 8 years ago
what's a kicker?
K Reed
K Reed - 7 years ago
top of the morning gubna! ease the kicka, pippa!
BandB1111111
BandB1111111 - 7 years ago
Well, kicker does sound more British..."ease the kicker, cheerio" hehe
Terry Peake
Terry Peake - 8 years ago
she isnt australian. she is english. Aussies call is a boom vang or vang. kicker is england.
Unsobill Senior
Unsobill Senior - 8 years ago
+sbc388550 facepalm wtf do you want you stupid redneck go lick trump balls or something
sbc388550
sbc388550 - 8 years ago
+Unsobill Senior Shoulda just said boom vang you fucking aussie criminal.
ge0tc
ge0tc - 8 years ago
It's the boom vang of a sailboat
Unsobill Senior
Unsobill Senior - 8 years ago
I know. fucking bloody hell for an American to learn off this...
Quodge
Quodge - 8 years ago
What kind of boat is this? Its really steaming for how small it is!
mangore623
mangore623 - 8 years ago
God, this is just fucking common sense, not some grand epistle!
Mitchell Brown
Mitchell Brown - 7 years ago
You are a twit.
Tim Hirst
Tim Hirst - 8 years ago
Is that not true of most instruction. It's not complex but if you are new to the sport it's not intuitive.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
get people who speak American English
Mitchell Brown
Mitchell Brown - 7 years ago
Your parents should be ashamed at having whelped such a miserable cur. Of course you're a Trumpling. This makes perfect sense.

John Beasley masturbates to the Breitbart comments sections.

Sad.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
A Conneely Masters in International Transportation Management, Fort Schuyler - New York Maritime College. masters in education - Loyola University, Masters in business - Webster University.
A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley I find evidence of 3 Masters in every one of your posts . Kudos sir
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
I never will again,
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
Red Ice Radio to you my friend.
A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley Are you going listen to Russian
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
you have my word on it. I won't listen to anything English.
A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley I forgot I was dealing with a puritanical yank . No doubt you fuck with the lights out as Jeebus instructed . Were those 3 Masters from Liberty U , the molesters choice !
A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+Mordecai Irony Then dont listen to videos aimed at the UK audience if you cannot understand the accent or if the subject matter is too complicated for you . No doubt Duck Dynasty the Duggars or Kardashians would be of more interest to a person of your cultural development .
Mordecai Irony
Mordecai Irony - 7 years ago
I do get tired of the Pom blather. Especially when the info is half baked, as it usually is.
So much for a society whose elevated position exists from the suffering of many.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
So far Trump is great. What is the obsession  you English have with anal sex? Your women leave a lot to be desired, but still they can't be that bad.
A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley Trump royally fucked you in the ass .
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
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A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley Your knowledge of the World is astounding ,those 3 Masters are really showing through .
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
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A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley Trump needs his ballsack rubbed so thats a job you should be well qualified for with your 3 Masters .
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
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A Conneely
A Conneely - 7 years ago
+John Beasley Yachting World is a UK magazine aimed at a UK audience . The American review of this boat contains more information on Cup Holders , Over sized fridge , gun racks and anti piracy rocket launchers
oceandrew
oceandrew - 7 years ago
+John Beasley What nonsense!! Why you would need someone in an American accent to sell you a magazine is beyond ridiculous. Are you a xenophobe, John?
BTW, only "rednecks" demand everyone speak american english as it comes from a lack of education and the inability to understand anything new or different.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 7 years ago
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oceandrew
oceandrew - 7 years ago
+John Beasley
"3 master's degrees"?? I call BS.
If you're so lazy you can't bend a little to try to understand a different accent than what you're accustomed to even attempting basket weaving at your local jr college would be too much for you.
Brandon
Brandon - 8 years ago
+John Beasley I'm Australian, but does that matter?
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
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Brandon
Brandon - 8 years ago
+SuperDukeSthlm Poor Johnny is either a teenager or a naive adult. Youtube is full 'em.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
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A Conneely
A Conneely - 8 years ago
John Beasley Considering Donald Trump is a Candidate for the Presidency its quite a stretch to say America is exceptional .
Quodge
Quodge - 8 years ago
+John Beasley "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." William Shakespeare
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
+SuperDukeSthlm
 
SuperDukeSthlm
SuperDukeSthlm - 8 years ago
Are you for real? How come I communicate in english on a regular basis in english with people from the UK, USA, Asia and europe without problem, when I´m from sweden and only hold a poor single little M.Sc?
If you, the almighty Beasley, can´t do it although it´s your native language and you have not one, but THREE masters!!?

I´m shocked!
Quodge
Quodge - 8 years ago
Pay attention and learn how other accents pronounce their vowel sounds and where they drop consonants. Accents are all down to where the culture speak from in the mouth. Identify this and you can begin to understand them better. It's just a form of aural empathy you 'ave yet to develop. :)

Also if you call The Greenwich meridian UTC00 I will cock slap you in the name of Science and the Crown!
Just Doi
Just Doi - 8 years ago
sure you do
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
whatever.
Tim Hirst
Tim Hirst - 8 years ago
+John Beasley OK if you say so, BUT these accents are very mild. If you find these difficult don't try doing business in English outside the USA, if you do it may well not end well.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
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Tim Hirst
Tim Hirst - 8 years ago
+John Beasley Yachting World is a uk publication, but it does have a strong world wide following. The British accents in this video are not at all strong, if you can't understand these then either you are not trying or you will only be able to understand a very small proportion of the great English language content on the World Wide Web.
John Beasley
John Beasley - 8 years ago
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Tim Hirst
Tim Hirst - 8 years ago
Why? Are you more important than the rest of us?
John Rogan
John Rogan - 9 years ago
subtitles needed for aussi lady....good info though....watch Kevin Costner in the movie Waterworld...muto uses the centerboard as a rudder....trims the sails...and uses his body to gain advantage over the "smokers".
John Rogan
John Rogan - 8 years ago
LOL...too late..my favorite movie...have the dialogue memorized....think it might be more realistic of the future than the utopias ...."gills"....human evolution back to the oceans.
Cousin
Cousin - 8 years ago
+John Rogan Yeah, and don't watch Waterworld for ANY reason.
John Rogan
John Rogan - 8 years ago
a non criminal English person....thanks for the clarification.
Laird OfOceanPark
Laird OfOceanPark - 8 years ago
+John Rogan she's English. Not Australian.
radbcc
radbcc - 9 years ago
Pip has got a quiet confidence that is assuring....  Where does she teach, any web sites links? thanks...
BandB1111111
BandB1111111 - 7 years ago
She does! I bet she's great at reading bedtime stories to the grandkids.
Artie the Swolest Man in the World
Artie the Swolest Man in the World - 9 years ago
this is interesting. if a boat is overpowered it is desirable to flatten sails by tensioning the vang. but to avoid a broach release the vang. very interesting
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott - 7 years ago
And, for anyone interested in "vang sheeting" as a technique, there's a reasonable thread on Sailing Anarchy about it - ignore the first few replies, reply #6 and its follow ups have it right (and also include the disclaimer about not doing it on big boats) ... http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=29507

Vang sheeting is pretty much the single technique that makes a Laser dinghy remotely sailable for mere mortals (since the addition of the Turbo kit with extra "powerful" vang).
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott - 7 years ago
I thought my comment would have been pretty clear that using the vang (upwind only) to flatten the main only works on some boats - specifically small boats (from 12 foot dinghies up to sports boats around 26 feet, which are just overgrown dinghies with a bit of a keel anyway).

It is not a technique to be used on a yacht with a stiff mast - they have other controls to bend the mast and flatten the main (as indeed you've pointed out: backstays, baby stays, running backstays etc). In fact (for anyone new to sailing reading this) if you try wrenching on enough vang to have any real effect on the flatness of the main upwind on a yacht you'll probably end up breaking the vang or the boom (especially if you forget to ease the vang before bearing away and letting off the main sheet). So, in short "Mordecai" is very right in everything he says: don't use the vang on big boats to flatten the main upwind.

Many of the types of boats I am talking about (dinghies in particular) do not have a backstay at all, which leaves only the vang to bend the mast. The masts on these types of boats are usually extremely flexible and extremely fractional (lots of bendy "freestanding" mast up above the forestay and shrouds).

My comment was simply a response to a question that "artie" had regarding something he'd heard - it doesn't really apply to the sort of boat in the video and doesn't apply downwind (apart from the bit about what happens if you dump too much vang downwind possibly causing a windward roll - that applies to all boats).
Mordecai Irony
Mordecai Irony - 7 years ago
The Scott fella is less than partially right. The backstay has more to do with the bend of the mast. With a spinnaker up, the backstay is best totally off with rigs that have back swept spreaders; a little taught with squared spreaders. In my experience, even with 'professional' crews, this is one important factor that is often overlooked after a spinnaker is set. First, that eases the rig. It also straightens the mast of which does a few things - it enlarges the 'slot' between the spinnaker and mast enabling more air flow; makes the belly of the main fuller; raises the top of the mast a small percentage; extends the top of the mast forward; for the very brave and of expertise, I use the running backs to make the mast as straight as possible; also, a system referred to as a 'fraculator' is used with the jib halyard to stabilize the mast head forward.
The boom vang mostly controls the roach. When it's on really hard it does flatten out the bottom of the main a small percentage, but that is what the outhaul is for. If one is using the boom vang to put bend in the mast, the result is what I call 'groaning' where the rig is under unnecessary pressure. Similar to when people are somehow convinced (Poms) to keep a spinnaker pole up high when on a close reach - not a good feeling, or performance.
NOTE: be careful to not over hoist the spinnaker only to ease the backstay afterwards. As the mast straightens it puts more pressure on the spinnaker hoist at the top and can cause 'problems'. Ease the spinnaker hoist as the excitement calms a bit THEN ease the backstay and readjust the spinnaker hoist.
Three books I recommend for the overall advancing of your talent:
Royce's Sailing Illustrated
Heavy Weather Sailing
Sail Power
TanguilleGrootaert
TanguilleGrootaert - 8 years ago
That's in case of upwind, downwind is different
Quodge
Quodge - 8 years ago
You know your shit. Can you point me in the direction of a good book on the subject? Ideally one that goes from intermediate to advanced/king of all sheets, hauls and halyards.
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott - 9 years ago
+Jadervason You're right in that (on some boats) you can flatten the main with the vang - it's known as "vang sheeting". It only works on boats with really flexible masts, and it only really applies at close hauled angles. With a really bendy mast and a very fractional rig (like the ones found on sportsboats and dinghies and skiffs), the force of the vang pulling down on the boom pulls the sail tight between the hounds and the middle of the boom, which will make the middle of the mast bow forward and pull the belly out of the sail.


Dinghy and skiff sailors in some kinds of boats prefer flattening the main using the vang since it doesn't pull the leech tight like cranking on the mainsheet does (which in turn allows a very flexible top-mast section to do what it does best and bend/lay off to leeward in the gusts).

That said though, once the boom is eased out well over the side of the boat and you're sailing downwind, then it's a different mode of sailing: you're steering the boat like a bicycle (steering for balance, where you bear away whenever you want to stand the boat back upright - and pointing up will only lay the boat over to leeward more - which is the opposite of how you steer going upwind)

In the "downwind / reaching" mode the vang controls twist more than anything else. Easing vang will let the top of the sail lay off, easing pressure near the top of the mast where it's laying the boat over to leeward most).

In fact, easing vang downwind is so good at standing a boat back upright that if you ease too much in a tender boat you can end up with the boat rolling right back over to windward and wanting to steer itself into a gybe! (try dumping too much vang in a laser while you're blasting off downwind in a good blow sometime) ;)
Artie the Swolest Man in the World
Artie the Swolest Man in the World - 9 years ago
+woodwind314
yes i think you are right chord is really a minor thing, other than a sail with lots of area but low chord will probably stall sooner but will have less drag. and due to the shape it will be higher so it will gather more wind near the top of the mast but at the same time it will knock the boat over.
woodwind314
woodwind314 - 9 years ago
+woodwind314 No edit function here...ts. Error correction: When wanting to point, (theoretically wanting to go straightg into the wind), you need to lessen AoA, not increase it. With the flexible sail, curvature limits how much you can decrease AoA, therefore you need to flatten the sail. Sorry for the confusion.
woodwind314
woodwind314 - 9 years ago
+Jadervason It does alter the chord, but in flexible sails (as opposed to fixed wings) the concept of "chord" is not very helpful. As a matter of fact, I don't even find it too helpful with fixed wings.

Looking into sails, there really are only 2 variables that have a big impact: angle of attack, and camber (depth & position of "belly"). Angle of attack determines both max power, but also max drag. Theoretically, you could do with a totally flat sail. Flying barndoors in a storm are living proof...;)

However, without any camber or curvature pressure gradients soon are so extreme, that laminar flow separates at the lee side close to the luff of the sail, leading to a stalled condition.

Curvature allows for a gentle pressure gradient, thereby avoiding the stall.

Unfortunately, with a flexible sail the curvature also limits how much angle of attack is possible without the luff of the sail starting to flog. So in order to point higher (when you go upwind), you have no choice other than to flatten the sail, allowing you to increase the AoA. It's all a compromise thing...

Going on a beam reach, you are not constricted in that way and may use maximum AoA, combined with maximum curvature. Unless you want to depower the whole sail, were you would decrease AoA and decrease curvature.
Artie the Swolest Man in the World
Artie the Swolest Man in the World - 9 years ago
+woodwind314
as I was thinking about this earlier it occurred to me that the way you have described it the vang alters the "chord" of the airfoil
Artie the Swolest Man in the World
Artie the Swolest Man in the World - 9 years ago
+woodwind314
10-4 thanks for the info
woodwind314
woodwind314 - 9 years ago
+Jadervason As I said, the vang has very little influence on "belly" (camber). It mainly controls leech tension. Easing vang tension will a) open the leech, moving the deepest part of the camber forward, and b) will introduce more twist of the sail over it's height.

The latter effect is what helps to reduce heeling, as it decreases the angle of attack in the upper parts of the sail. And angle of attack (not camber, a common misconception) is the variable that has the greatest impact on the amount of power ("lift") that any airfoil produces.
Artie the Swolest Man in the World
Artie the Swolest Man in the World - 9 years ago
+woodwind314
it would seem like easing the vang will put more belly in the sail at least until all tension is gone
woodwind314
woodwind314 - 9 years ago
The boom vang mainly controls mainsail twist. Loosening it allows the upper part of the sail to twist so much that the upper part depowers, thereby reducing heeling forces.

Flattening the main is mainly achieved by use of the outhaul, cunningham (or halyard) and backstay tension, especially in fractional riggs.
Olivier Veyrac
Olivier Veyrac - 10 years ago
This is a great video. I find that on boats with a larger main sail, releasing the vang lets out enough pressure to derail most broaches. Also, on more severe broaches, the boom will hit the water, tighten the main, counter-effects the release of the main sail and make it harder to get out of the broach. Letting go of the vang, will allow the boom to raise as it hits the water and help recovery. It can also save your boom from snapping where the vang in anchored. The first thing that needs to go is the vang.
Thomas Sharpe
Thomas Sharpe - 10 years ago
OMG This woman is so sexy, I would like to be her cabin boy for just one day   :)
Video Game Pancake
Video Game Pancake - 7 years ago
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