Tacking a 19 no sprit

[Adagio19]

   Although we have been sailing for years I still am learning. When we are on a broad reach in about a 5mph wind  and want to come about we put the tiller all the way over and tightened the main sheet as it starts to turn leaving the jib cleat ed to the lee side. as we turn into the eye of the wind the boat stalls out. We build up as much momentum as we can before stating this maneuver. The jib is on a furl er and only out to maybe the 100% point. At that point we Jibe her. Maybe putting the liller over to far? any thoughts?                                                                                              80 years old and still learning.

[slode]

If I understand right you are attempting to make a 180+ degree turn.  From a broad reach through a tack (turning into the wind).  If you make a hard turn all the way through you're probably going to stall out.  You need to turn onto a close reach, sheet both the main and jib in tight, and gain some speed before turning through the wind.  You can leave the jib cleated until it backwinds and pushes the bow through the eye of the wind before letting it out and cleating the other side.

I don't quite know why you would make the turn like that though.  In 5mp wind it would be much easier to turn the other way, Jibing through dead down wind.

But you may have terms mixed up.  You say "at that point we Jibe her"  Jibe (gybe) means turning through dead down wind going with the wind.  It's pretty much impossible to stall out when jibing, but you will need to sheet the jib in on the lee then back out to get it to cross over.   

[Salty19]

A19,

Slode is right!  Turn to a close reach, trim and build speed, then complete the turn.

If you have to gybe, a tip is to pull in the main just enough to gather the 4 main sheet lines under the boom block in your hand, and sort of whip the boom across you to the other side as the wind passed through the center of boat.

This prevents the main/boom from slamming so much and lessens strain on the rigging.  I wear sailing gloves so it makes this easier.

Do you have a foiled rudder?  If not, consider that you next modification as it will really help the overall performance of the boat. 

[Finbar Beagle]

A19,

I have found it useful to use a quick, forceful, authorative movement of the tiller towards the lee rail.  If you are starting to stall, but almost through, shift crew weight back to leeward. 

This will start the tack with momentum to help carry through.

Not good for fresh wind, as you will need more time to point bow back, and your movable ballast may roll right off...

Regards,
Brian

[Adagio19]

Thanks for the advice. This evening with a barge coming toward our area we Gybed We are enjoying our 19 on Guntersville lake in Alabama.
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