http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspxI quit smoking years ago, so that&#8217;s not what this is about. This is about a steam powered boat at the Center for Wooden Boats , called Puffin . Today we went down to the Center to go sailing. It was a beautiful day, with a good North breeze comingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#120348Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:18:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:120348Rick SchautA tacking failure happens when you come about too slowly. The boat doesn't maintain enough momentum to get the bow through the wind. This happens most often in small boats with relatively strong winds and a crew who aren't experienced enough to quickly shift weight from one side of the boat to the other while executing the tack. There's a tendency to take it slow to allow time to move, and that's when the boat gets caught in irons. <br> <br>There is a quick way out of this, but it requires some odd thinking. Once caught in irons, the boat will tend to go backwards. You can complete the tack, then, by switching the tiller from &quot;hard alee&quot; to hard windward. <br> <br>Say, for example, you're sailing on a starboard tack, and you want to switch to the port tack. You'll drop the tiller all the way to the port side. Suppose, however, that the boat gets caught in irons, and starts moving backward. With the tiller all the way to port, the boat will turn back toward the starboard tack. However, if you reverse the tiller to all the the starboard side while the boat is still going backward, then it will turn toward the port tack. Once the sails fill, then the tiller can be brought back amidships. <br> <br>This is not a bad technique to practice while out in the middle of the lake. Once you have it down, then you can feel a bit more comfortable about doing the same thing in close-quarters. <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#174746Wed, 07 Jul 2004 07:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:174746jaybaz [MS] WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#174757Wed, 07 Jul 2004 07:36:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:174757jaybaz [MS] WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#9673489Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:24:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9673489 jaybaz MS WebLog Puffin along | Wood TV Stand<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://woodtvstand.info/story.php?id=15965">http://woodtvstand.info/story.php?id=15965</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#9742629Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:58:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9742629 jaybaz MS WebLog Puffin along | Insomnia Cure<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://insomniacuresite.info/story.php?id=602">http://insomniacuresite.info/story.php?id=602</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#9751064Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:15:22 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9751064 jaybaz MS WebLog Puffin along | patio cushions<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://patiocushionsource.info/story.php?id=869">http://patiocushionsource.info/story.php?id=869</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jaybaz_ms/archive/2004/04/25/120063.aspx#9754523Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:28:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9754523 jaybaz MS WebLog Puffin along | debt consolidator<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://mydebtconsolidator.info/story.php?id=8934">http://mydebtconsolidator.info/story.php?id=8934</a></p>