Using the mooring is a great way to get used to
gybing-setting-dropping-floating the kite. Particularly for noobs. Cos there
is only one thing happening at one time. They don't have to worry about the
main, helming, other boats etc.

Then once they understand it they can take that knowledge out on the water
and put it to good use.

DP
"Richard" wrote in message
t...
Why have a sailboat if you only put the sails up at the mooring.

"d parker" wrote in message
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No you wont sail forward of the mooring.

However,, When you want to hoist a kite while at the mooring. Just turn
the
boat around and moor to the stern. Do it on a gentle day tho


DP
"Blorgad" wrote in message
...
My friend and I are having a disagreement regarding the behaviour of
sailboats on a mooring. We both have limited sailing experience,
although
he
has a fair amount more than I. We were discussing running up a
spinnaker
at
mooring in calm air, just to practice putting it up. We eventually
concluded that this wasn't practical, but the argument came in as to
our
our
different conclusions as to why it would not be. I felt that there
would
be
no point to put it up, as it would just get blown into the rigging and
not
really tell us anything and possibly get torn. He was of the opinion
that
somehow the spinnaker could push the boat to one side, fill and turn
the
boat around. Initially he said it would go right upwind of the
mooring,
then reduced his claim to say that it would turn around at the point
where
it was attached to the line at the bow.

I am of the opinion that this is physically impossible and that under
no
combination of sail at a mooring could the boat turn around so that
the
aft
was upwind. I am of the opinion that you could get the boat to swing
to
one
side or the other a bit by backing the jib, but you could still never
turn
the boat around.

I would gratefully accept as many informed opinions on this from a
sailing
or physics point of view.

Fair winds,
Miles