[quote=dnf]Did a learn to sail Hobie course and this is what we learned about tacking:
1. Turn the rudders not too much (scrub off too much speed) and not too little. Hold the rudder constant throughout the turn.
2. Pull the jib in tighter when about to tack. Don't release it till the main starts to fill.
3. Push the main in the direction you want to turn so if you are turning starboard, push the boom starboard once you have switched sides
You need a bit of speed to tack these things (I too came from a mono). If not enough wind, I find it easy to cheat and gybe then head back into the wind.
That was enough knowledge to get me white sails two. Now you probably do something different for racing, but I am still at the learning to sail it without looking like an idiot stage.
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