Does it extrapolate? No thanks. Here are the mistakes to avoid. VIDEO

Jibing is one of the least pleasant experiences that can happen in sailing, especially since the so-called “unintentional jibe” obviously occurs under spinnaker. It happens when you are sailing very low in the stern in a strong wind, and it is the exposed upwind portion of the spinnaker that is pushing the boat to the lee with all that goes with it. The game then is to keep the spinnaker square enough to get down enough leaning, but not too much. In 25-30 knots we will never keep the tang fully exposed as we would perhaps do in 12-15, but we need to be a little more conservative, keep the sail less exposed and not always seek maximum leeway, to avoid unpleasant consequences.

In the video below, the boat sails very rested in winds certainly over 20 knots. The spinnaker rightly is not overly square. You can hear the tailer let go of the sheet and as soon as the boat heels slightly upwind, correctly, it cocks to make it flat again and give thrust. On the second roll, however, the gust is probably stronger, and although the tailer cocks the sheet the boat starts in straggle. We note two errors: the man on the arm of the spi is not ready to strall. The sail remains square in the same position until the boat jibes involuntarily. The spinnaker boom in these cases is a safety and its correction to be very dynamic. As soon as the boat hints at heeling to leeward, given the conditions, the tailer responds by stralling a few inches of boom while the sheet trimmer simultaneously pricks. By doing so we protect the sail behind the mainsail a little and expose a smaller portion of it upwind. At the same time we also see that the helmsman does not anticipate the correction, he starts to move the rudder when the boat has already started and there is nothing more to be done.