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Thom Stewart wrote:

The name comes from the tack you're on when you fly it. The Main Boom
has to be out of the way, as in a down wind Tack or RUNNING before the
wind.

It is one of the saving graces of a Yawl Mizen Masts (Besides being very
pretty)



Hmmm. It looks to me like the yawl in the picture is reaching, not
running - tough to tell from a 2D picture, but the spinaker pole looks
to be barely to windward of the bow.

http://www.goodoldboat.com/classifieds/TonyPeot.jpg

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Walt,

If you look at the picture, you will see that the Sail is set on the Lee
side of the Back Stay. With the Runner Set there is no way that the Main
Boom can be brought in.

I'm sorry if I miss lead you though. A RUNNING SAIL is a sail not set on
a stay, used mostly on conditions of working down wind, being broad
reaching or dead downwind. It is a Three point, free Flying sail not
unlike a Spinnaker. As you can see in the picture, it is set to sail on
that Tack. It will have to be lowered to even Jibe. It cannot be used UP
WIND because it will interfer with the Main Sail Boom.

It's a Running Sail, Set for the Tack that the boat is Sailing, which is
Before the Wind. Common called Running


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Thom Stewart wrote:

The name comes from the tack you're on when you fly it. The Main Boom
has to be out of the way, as in a down wind Tack or RUNNING before the
wind.

It is one of the saving graces of a Yawl Mizen Masts (Besides being very
pretty)



Hmmm. It looks to me like the yawl in the picture is reaching, not
running - tough to tell from a 2D picture, but the spinaker pole looks to
be barely to windward of the bow.

http://www.goodoldboat.com/classifieds/TonyPeot.jpg

//Walt


Agreed. Both the mainsheet and the mizzensheet appear to be relatively near
the centerline, but as you imply it's difficult to tell from a photo.

Max


 
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