imagineero wrote:
thanks for the ideas Doug!
my cat has 4 stays supporting the mast; two to the front of the floats
and two to slightly behind midships

In that case, you're good to go! No need to monkey around with any of
the stays.


The self furler is a very close match at the luff and leach but quite a
bit bigger across the foot... should i have it re-cut or should i try
to move the tack further forward? being bigger it would probably afect
the ballance of the boat wouldnt it?


Yes & no. The biggest problem it's likely to have is getting the
sheeting angle right so you can trim the sail for effective pointing
upwind. You will probably have to move the pulley which the jib sheet
runs thru.

In theory, a bigger jib should change the balance of the boat but you'll
notice that thousands (probably tens of thousands) of keelboats have big
genoas that they sail with, and little or no bad effect on the helm. I'd
give it a try as is.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King