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Sailing Your Wave
Beach Landings
Landing on a beach is simple. The idea is to reach the beach in the
point of sail nearest straight into the wind as possible. This will assure
that you can properly de-power the sail once beached.
Approaching a beach when the wind is blowing from the beach out
towards the water will require some planning so that you maintain
power. Turn into shore just before the hulls or rudders touch the
bottom. Plan so the final tack towards the location you choose to land
is the tack that is nearest straight into the wind. Get a little closer to
the beach than you need on the previous tack to account for wind shifts
in direction and speed. This will give you a little room for error. This
also will allow you to point a little further away from the wind after the
tack to gain speed before heading up into the beach to de-power at the
last moment.
When approaching a beach when the wind is blowing onshore, sail
in towards the beach from either side of the landing spot. Sail in just
short of touching the bottom with the rudders. Allow some distance
to turn the boat out towards the water and into the wind just out from
the landing spot. Turn sharply to head into the wind and stall the boat.
Raise the rudders and drift back onto the beach.
Always keep the boat pointed into the wind while beached and keep
the sail trimmed out and un-cleated.