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The_navigator©
 
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Are you saying you think sailing under mainsail alone is a good way to
sail to windward?

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:
So you concur with Bob's technique of sailing with only the Genoa and
leaving the main secure and wrapped in it's cover?

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Why? Headsails are very efficient up wind sails...
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| When I first saw it I thought it would never go upwind.... heck I
thought
| it had yet to be tried.. then I heard it had been sailed from the
Pacific to
| Halifax.
|