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Capt. Mooron
 
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Here Jeff... I found a reference to it.... scroll down to the photos and
newspaper clips. The story seems different to what I have heard.

http://www.nordicaboats.com/html/photos.html


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"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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| I've heard of the twin headsail with a midship mast, but always with a
main. Even a
| Prout, with the mast just forward of the cockpit carries a main. Of
course, on a 20 foot
| boat, that would allow about 8 foot boom.
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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| I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been
in
| the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama.
| This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French
Rigged"
| system.
| It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling
headsails...
| no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any
| experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it?
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