It was a joke, Katy, a joke!

Actually, when I was using an Irwin 30, I sometimes sailed on jib alone. It had a huge
jib and a tiny main. I could pull out the jib in a few seconds, but the main was rigged
poorly and a pain to raise and furl. It also had a traveler across the cockpit that has
sent several people to the emergency room (never while I had it).

For reaching in open water the jib alone wasn't a bad option. However, I wouldn't do it
upwind because it was far too unbalanced to safely steer it. The bottom line, however,
is that the only reason jib-alone is a viable option at all is the poor design of the
main.

"katysails" wrote in message
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I'd have to side with Booby on this - I often sailed my Nonsuch on main alone.

Uh, Jeff...that's not what we're talking about...sailboats are made to be balanced on
main alone...we're talking about foresail
alone....
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