What is the maximum heel angle the Tanzer can stand without going over?
Probably until your spreaders touch the water! We broached with the chute up (along with the rest of the fleet!) in a big gust on too tight a reach last Wednesday night during club racing, and managed to take about a foot of water into the cockpit before all was under control again. And we got off fairly light! It all drained out within a minute (and it’s worth making sure the seals under your cockpit hatches are tight too — mine were). The T22 won’t go over or capsize like a dinghy — it’ll just lay down until normal gravity and physics take over again and it pops back up. Too much heel is slow and uncomfortable though — to say nothing of wet — better to put up a smaller headsail and reef the main to keep the heel down to something reasonable, like 15 or 25 degrees. I’ve got double reefing points on my mainsail, and have even used the second reef a few times! Flattening sails will help too — put on lots of main outhaul and luff tension. Get everyone up on the high side too to help
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