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- From: jcurtis@seqp4.sequoia.com (John Curtis)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: double headstay
- Summary: Some additional advantages
- Keywords: fun
- Message-ID: <1678@seqp4.sequoia.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 15:16:59 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Sequoia Systems Inc., Marlboro, Mass.
- Lines: 39
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- Yo rec.boats:
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- The double headstay option seems to be a good one
- for cruising especially.
-
- o Add a downhaul and you have extremely fast
- drops of the jib. (Rigged properly, even
- while singlehanded.)
-
- o Tack sail changes won't be quite as wonderful
- as on a double-slotted luff - but still pretty
- good.
-
- o All the hardware is extemely simple and hence,
- reliable.
-
- o Add two headsails and drop the main and you have a
- nice downwind rig, good under auto steering without
- significant potential for dangerous jibes.
-
- My experience with roller furling rigs has been very good
- *under moderate conditions*. The one time that I got caught
- with my pants down by a 35-40 kt squall (with 120% genoa up, on
- a 50 ft boat - definite major faux pas) - the roller furling
- was totally useless. Even in the lulls, at 25 kts or so, the
- damn thing would not furl. Pulling the sail down the luff track
- under those loads was not easy - we were very lucky not to
- destroy the sail. If this sail had been hanked on with a
- downhaul in place it would have come down in seconds, virtually
- regardless of how loaded it was. Not that I plan to repeat this,
- but even a very careful sailor is eventually going to be caught
- by surprise - especially if tired or shorthanded.
-
- Ciao,
-
- jcurtis
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