Tango dixit:
"Vaya por delante que no se en que condiciones de viento y mar lo hacéis pero lo que si os quiero decir es que yo no me veo dejando la segura bañera y deambulando por el barco hasta pie de palo para meter el ollao correspondiente en el aries, con viento fuerte (>F6) y la mar correspondiente si estoy al pairo o aproada.
Yo voy al palo bien tranquila y segura, si se que la mayor porta, no voy a recibir un latigazo de las escotas del génova y no estoy dando pantocazos, si no que navego las olas. Y esas condiciones desde luego no me las garantiza ni quedarme al pairo ni aproarme."
Tango ,gracias por tus afirmaciones, he de concluir de lo que afirmas que todo el resto de navegantes del mundo deben estar equivocados en lo que dicen sobre una maniobra básica de defensa y de estabilizar el barco como es capear o poner el barco al pairo. Eso es todo falso, y por lo que dices, lo de andar por cubierta con el barco a la capa es claramente un error: (disculpad, pero lo siguiente lo encontré en Inglés)
In sailing, heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) is a way of slowing a sail boat's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions so that the boat does not actively have to be steered. It is commonly used for a "break"; this may be to wait for the tide before proceeding, to wait out a strong or contrary wind. For a solo or shorthanded sailor it can provide time to go below deck, to attend to issues elsewhere on the boat, or for example to take a lunch break.
Heaving To - Parking your boat without anchoring
There will come a time when you either want or need to stop and park your boat in a place or under circumstances where you either cannot or wish not to deploy an anchor. This can be far out at sea where the water is simply too deep to anchor, or near shore when you simply want to stop your boat for a while.
Heaving-to is first and foremost a very viable storm tactic. It is used by all the more knowledgeable offshore sailors. When the wind and the seas become unmanageable, this is an excellent (albeit a mite boring) way to park your boat and wait out the bad weather. The fact is that after struggling to sail on in a storm, the act of heaving to has an almost immediate positive effect on crew. The boat's motion eases, the fury of the wind seems to abate, and the stress on gear, sails and the crew's morale quickly dissipates. It is truly a quieter and calmer situation that lets your crew prepare a meal, eat in peace, and get much needed rest. It also gives you an opportunity to calmly assess your situation, survey for damage, and effect repairs.
Heaving to as a storm tactic
During the ill fated 1979 Fastnet race, of 300 yachts, 158 chose to adopt storm tactics; 86 'lay ahull', whereby the yacht adopts a 'beam on' attitude to the wind and waves; 46 ran before the wind under bare poles or trailing warps/sea anchors and 26 heaved to. 100 yachts suffered knock downs, 77 rolled at least once. Not one of the hove to yachts were capsized or suffered any serious damage.[5] The 'heave to' maneuver is described in the story of the first Golden Globe yacht race of 1968.[6]
Y la proxima vez que tenga que salir a proa y este pegando el barco brincos al navegar de ceñida me aseguraré de que vaya aún más rápido,nada de sosegarlo!, para que los cabeceos sean aun mayores...
Hay muchas maneras de hacer las cosas,desde luego, yo no te digo que no te encuentres tú segura yendo al palo con el barco haciendo avante y con una buena escora, me parece muy bien. Pero no niegues por otra parte cosas sobre las que existe un consenso universal. No parece lógico.
A cuidarse cofrades!