Ways to not Gybe

Or is it.... Ways not to gybe? Either way, I have seen more than a few variations and to help some folk with direction in their lives I have decided to catagorise a few favorites that I have witnessed coaching and running Moth Fest...

"Faith"...this is the stock gybe pulled out by those who actually cannot believe they can foil gybe...and in doing so they decide to have a break mid-gybe for some contemplative prayer in the middle of the boat...arse sitting in the middle of the hull, legs in the air, looking up inspecting under the tiller for inspiration.....or on their knees trying desperately to get the ship heading due east for best spiritual alignment before the claxon signifies the impending dive and the skipper has to order.... up periscope.

"Constipator" This categorises many a failed gybe the cause....unknown. No matter how much you try, how much effort you put in..it aint gonna happen...you will not work it out! Best go home and have a couple of pints of prune juice. With training, contemplation and perhaps use of a calculator or better still a pencil (and paper) you might get some success and finally work it out.

"Cherry popper" Who can ever forget their first? The realisation that whilst it eventually happened.... it was over all too quickly...and that if you are going to perform more frequently in more challenging circumstances then you are going to have to raise your game...this form of gybe is normally followed by a huge amount of relief that it finally happened...an inability to be be able to repeat the performance with out a great deal of recuperacion time (age related apparently!) and the realisation that you no longer have to lie to your mates ..."Foil gybes.....take em or leave em me...now working on doing em 2 up"

The "Osama" This is the one no one ever saw (at least until recently) Any initial cherry popping gybe needs independent verification...no-one believes the "I have pulled a few off"...this immediately gets the listener thinking that you undoubtedley pull off things all the time.

The "Peach" the one we dream of frequently and achieve ocassionaly. She is a shy, rare creature and we look on in awe if we see someone elses peach... like your best mates really hot girl/boy friend (delete as you wish) we would endeavour not to get caught looking at a peach...and would actually always deny seeing a peach, even if pushed by the owner of the fore-mentioned peach.

I am sure there are loads more out there......