On Nov 4, 2:53 pm, "Bart" .@. wrote:
"cruisin" wrote

them, but unfortunately not digitized. Looks like the one on Bart's
pic is hanked onto the forestay tho, so I guess we'd just call that one
a forestaysail.
So please tell me what name you would apply to that skimpy mizzen
staysail?
Waiting on the edge of my chair,
MikeMike, I can't for the life of me remember the name of this
type of staysail (short hoist, long foot). I tried to look it up
but couldn't find it anywhere. I'll keep looking.

Bart

Don't wear yourself out too much, Amigo, I suspect that sail was a
special order from a guy who liked to see where he was going and not
needing to post a crewmember on permanent lookout duty. Let's just
call it a highcut mizzen staysail. I never have seen one like it
before.
Thanks for stirring up some good action with your post!
Mike
aboard s/v Arabella again in
Puerto Vallarta
www.sailinglinks.com

I've seen pictures of my boat with the same sail take back
when the boat was first produced in the early 70's. I was
hoping someone else would know the answer and refresh
my memory. If I can track dwon Bruce King in Maine,
perhaps I can ask him the reason for the design of this
sail.

"cruisin" wrote
Don't wear yourself out too much, Amigo, I suspect that sail was a
special order from a guy who liked to see where he was going and not
needing to post a crewmember on permanent lookout duty. Let's just
call it a highcut mizzen staysail. I never have seen one like it
before.
Thanks for stirring up some good action with your post!
Mike
aboard s/v Arabella again in
Puerto Vallarta
www.sailinglinks.com