[quote=Edchris177]I find difficulties arise on my 5.7 when it really starts to honk, as in when you're to scared to gybe. Start your tack from speed, move the rudders no more than 45*, then be sure to keep them there. It is easy to let go of the tiller, or let them go back to neutral, or all the way over when you are changing sides.
I don't cross over until the jib has backwinded enough to start moving the bow through the wind. As you are coming into the wind, or a bit before, ease the mainsheet, so the sail isn't acting like a windvane. I do lose speed, but the momentum carries it through, aided by the backwinded jib. Don't be in a rush to hard sheet the main, until you are pulling some power, & speed is increasing.
My 5.7 certainly doesn't come about like the little Invitation, but in 10-15 you shouldn't blow tacks. I think yesterday, after changing a few things with the boat tipped over on the lawn, my mast had almost 2 feet of rake, going by where the halyard was hanging.[/quote]
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