Sailing a Cape Cod Mercury with no Jib and No Rudder
		Photo by Tami Kellogg
			This is a web site on sailing a Cape Cod Mercury with no rudder and no jib. Learning to sail without a rudder teaches how to handle a small boat with minimum rudder inputs, a technique of great importance in small boat racing. Sailing rudderless is best learned in light wind conditions. Description and function of weight and boom angle controls getting under sail sailing upwind sailing downwind tacking jibing High Wind Technique sailing backwards sailing with passengers single handed spinnaker flying video Links Contact us Copyright Phil Rossoni 9/1/2004