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Eisboch

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:57:06 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:23:26 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

We have the same emergency tiller on the 49 but no sail. Those in the
know say that the sail is totally ineffective and we have twin engines
in any case.

Just curious. Might that sail be for roll stabilizing and not "get home"?

That was the primary intent but its also too small to be a good roll
stabilizer.

I've never tried it. I rigged the mast and boom for a dink. Maybe the
stabilizing sail works better on the smaller GB's like ours.
Narrower beam and less weight? The 36 footer was also the original GB
design, so maybe the sail setup was really intended for it and not the
bigger boats.

Eisboch