Sailing a Cape Cod Mercury with no Jib and No Rudder:
High Wind Technique
Wind is coming toward camera. Broad Reach approach to the dock. Tack towards dock has been chosen so rounding up causes the sail to go into irons when fully extended so the boat will slow down when turning parallel to dock. Sail is fully extended against the stay, centerboard is more than half way up to minimize tripping over the centerboard if the heel gets out of control. Weight to windward. Note rocking motion of heel. Boomvang is tight, boom is relatively high off the water due to windward heel. The pink foam on the bow is a camera mount used to get videos from the front of the boat. The camera was removed during the sail because it started raining.