help settle an argument about sailing in rough weather?

Question

I need a sailor to verify what I'm saying about offshore cruising. Assume you have a very stout boat, say 60+feet steel or ferrocement with tripple reefpoint main and appropriate storm jibs,, no leaks, and accurate forcasts about hurricane paths, that it is virtuallly impossible to caught with your pant's down enough to be harmed by a hurricane.

Since the winds would not suddenly get to hurricane force without the sailor noticing the building seas and increasing winds, a prudent sailor would have steered a course away from the worst of the storm.

Furthermore, there is a

The term 'hove to' refers to a point of sail that can be used when seas are unmanageable for any reason. It puts the boat more into the wind than downwind, where even under bare poles speeds can increase to the point where the waves are a major factor.

The idea is to stop the boat's motion and just listen to the wind and foam fly by.. This is done by tying the sail in one position and turning the tiller such that everytime the sail makes the boat move, it turns back into the wind and stops. This way, instead of being blown downwind tens or hundreds of miles, if the boat makes any progress at all, it is upwind.

Answer 1

There Is Alot Of Depends On Going On With This Scene,The Best Possible Choice Would Of Course Be Find Closest Safe Harbor Until Danger Passes,If Caught With Your Pants Down By All Means Pull Em Up An Steer A Course Away From Storm,In The Right Kind Of Weather You Will Be Moved Down Sea Not Up Sea..Regardless

Answer 2

aside from saying a ferro-cement boat might be stout.......it might be but most are disasters waiting to happen......subsitute well built fiberglass or wood..........everything you say is true.

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