Jibing a Cruising Sailboat | Sail Fanatics 

same set up as my new yacth, so very helpful!

Rich Thank you for your kind words. A video like this takes a lot of time to assemble and it is wonderful to hear that someone appreciates it!

I agree. Maybe use more relaxing music, please.

I agree it’s hard for me to concentrate with the music so loud

ditto. Much of the instruction is drowned out by the music

Paul, thanks for your comments and for watching. I do think that "Helm to weather" is somewhat vague. With wheel steering as tin the video, the wheel is turned to leeward. When teaching in a Colgate 26 with a tiller, I tell the students "tiller away from the boom" for a jibe, "tiller towards the boom" for a tack, instructions they find easy to follow. As to the boom being adequately centered, perhaps the issue is when I look up at the boom in the video, the GoPro camera has a very wide angle that makes boom look farther out than it is. Checking the angle of the mainsheet on the traveler provides a better view of how centered the boom actually is.

Hiya. Thanks for responding. I appreciate that much of what I suggested was traditional sailing terminology and I am not someone who sticks to tradition. I am always in favour of making things easier for students. But Jibe ho has a specific meaning and has always been the instruction to the crew to bring the headsail across as the stern goes through the wind. It is what Jibe ho means. Using jibe ho in the way you do is just wrong and will be very confusing to students who have learned the true meaning of Jibe ho or who work with other sailors who have a true understanding of the instruction Jibe ho. What do you call out to let the crew know it is time to bring the headsail across the deck?

Paul, "Jibe-ho" is simply the helmsman's warning that he/she is then turning the stern thru the wind. It warns the crew to be ready to ease the mainsheet after the boom jibes...If you treat the command as an instruction to the crew to handle the jib, which the wind blow across the foredeck anyway, thats fine for you, but perhaps not a common use. But to each their own, I guess a term as universal as jibe-ho needs no more discussion here.

I think primarily so in Commonwealth countries...! Like color versus colour

I guess I can offer no defence for this offence...