3 people is probably too much to start with.
But , it comes down to using the mast/sail to rotate the hull.
the centreboard less parallel hulls dont want to turn, so you need to use bodyweight/sheeting .
practice sailng along whilt moving your body weight fore and aft to see how it affects the load on the tiller. with practice you will be able to sai without the tiller.
Then practice making the yacht round quickly to windward using bodyweight and a light tiller

yeah thats great cheers for the advice!!
you say its for one person?, even with a headsail? th three of us were hiking hard to keep it flat too

they are raced with one or two people.

cat rigged (mainsail only) is generally sailed by one person
sloop rigged (mainsail and jib) is often sailed by two people
super sloop (mainsail,jib and trapeze) sailed by one person on trapeze

the hire cats in south perth are windrush 14's and are surveyed to carry up to three people.

Nathan

Hey Nathan.
I used to Race windrushes and they are a very powerfull boat and very fast and wet and all the great things about sailing.
They are also very hard to tack but once you get it you can chuck em around too easy. I used to sail with a Jib and by myself (super sloop is the configuration) Basically to tack you have to be going as fast as possible close to the wind. You shift your weight aft just prior to the tack.
Screw it around reasonably violently let the main right off and change sides. The jib will back and leave it back for a extra second or 2 (longer for lighter winds) and the boat might start to go backwards. If is does go backwards reverse your rudders like a 3 point turn. Change the jib and pull the main in a little as the boat starts to move off and once you gain positive steering crank it on and your off.
If you have trapeze(essential for maximum fun) jump out as you crank it on and the boat will fly of in a ball of spray.
If you crank the main on too early the boat will screw itself into the wind and you will be stuck in irons.
I think your local to me (rockingham) so when your taking it out next I can come down or come down to one of the winter series heats or definitly the cat classic and I can help along with a dozen others who love to give out advice ha ha

The cat classic is great there will be all sorts of cats there and we all race against yardstick which brings all the boats back togethe irrespective of speed and Windrushes typically perform very well on yardstck especialy in the lighter stuff which the cat classic is normally. If you want some tips and some practice b4 the season let me know

hey mate
with regards to improving your tacking its mostly the sail trim

weight is less important but keep it foward so as not to stall or go over backwards if its howeling, wire to wire if you can

main in tight (this moves the center of effort fowards to help the boat turn up into the wind)

nice controled turn into the wind again to stop the stall

as soon as the jib backs leave it for a second or two to help it pass through the eye of the wind and then at the same time release the main to move the center of effort fowards and finish the tack

once the batterns in the main have popped onto the new side slowley ease back in with the main to fast and you will stall the air flow

hope this is some help
dane
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