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Jeff Roy
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Username: Jeffr

Post Number: 64
Registered: 03-2001

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Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 02:54 pm:   

My 9.1 tacks back and forth at anchor and on it's mooring an awful lot, much worse than most other boats. My 6.9 did the same thing. It seems to get worse as the wind speed picks up.

I watched my boat ride out a storm on it's mooring this past month. It was blowing a steady 40 knots and gusting into the 50's for a few hours. The wind was from a direction that let big rollers build and come into the mooring field. Needless to say it was rough out there.

My 9.1 would repeatedly turn 90 degrees to one side and race off in one direction before turning 180 degrees and racing back. It went off in either direction the same. None of the other boats near by were doing it. The mooring field is tight and I was worried that it would ram another boat.

The boat rode it out OK but the penant chaffed where it crossed the bow because it sailed up on it so hard. I had to replace the pennant after that storm because of the chafe.

I wish I understood what it is about these S2s that cause this phenomena. I have experienced the same tacking action on anchor, but to a lesser extent.

The only 2 theories I have is that it is somehow related to a forward keel position or the fact that the cleats are offcenter and do not have chocks.

What have others done to try and alleviate this behaviour?

I am thinking of investing in a small riding sail to put between the halyard and the back of the boom when on anchor and mooring. I think this would help but won't know until I try it. However given how radical the boat was in that strom I am a little uneasy about putting up any type of sail at all.

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