Gennaker Use?
Thom Stewart said:
Marty, I rig mine with twin sheets in the clew, with the Lazy Sheet
going forward outside of everything. Over the forestay, over the bow
pulpit, outside all stays and riggings.
Dave wrote:
Haven't flown mine yet, but the PO tells me he tried that setup just
once.
He let the lazy sheet go slack and it went under the boat. He decided the
double sheet wasn't such a good idea. How do you keep that from happening
when single-handing?
1- keep the lazy sheet taut so it drapes instead of falling
2- mount a small projection, like a spare batten, from the stemhead.
3- don't rig it that way, rig the lazy sheet inside (between the luff &
the forestay). This has the disadvantage that the sail has to blow
through a small gap when gybing, but it works on many boats. Works best
on asymmetrics with a sprit.
4- Get the Vice President's office to issue a memo saying that it's not
a problem, has never been a problem, and never will be a problem. That
way only libby-rull Deomcrat traitor sheets will get under the boat.
Downside: this could be really really expensive since a hamburger lunch
with Dick Cheney costs $25,000
Fresh Breezes- Doug King
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