Hylas 56. Pure Sailing (no music).
23 de marzo de 2026 · 3 min · 1K visitas
Hylas 56 heeling under sail on open sea
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A Hylas 56 ketch is sailed shorthanded with all lines led back to the cockpit, demonstrating how the boat handles under sail.2:21 The crew sets the staysail by first tensioning the running backstay — led from the masthead down through a turning block to a cockpit winch — to support the baby stay before unfurling the sail.0:19 The sequence matters: the running backstay must be loaded before the staysail is rolled out to keep the rig supported.0:19 Once set, the staysail sheets, running backstay, headsail, and mainsail controls all operate from the cockpit, requiring no crew on the foredeck.2:25 The video highlights this layout as the boat's primary safety and ease-of-handling feature for short-handed sailing.2:19 No passage details, weather conditions, or location are given; the content is a brief operational demonstration of sail-setting procedure on this specific hull.
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