Inspiration for this drawing comes from a sail to Beer Can Island in Tampa Bay one hot, calm day last June. We are trying to make good time running downwind, but feel like french fries under a heat lamp on the breeze-less, slow-moving point of sail. As glamorous as Wing and Wing looks, our boat creeps along and requires too much brain power and neck craning to keep the sails full.
After repeated jib flopps, someone suggests firing up the diesel in full reverse to keep the damn sails in place. This leads to the brilliant idea of just chucking out a stern anchor and cracking open more beer. It’s all about lookin’ good.