What's the advantage?

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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What's the advantage?

Joe


Self-tacking . . .

On Aug 30, 2:54 pm, Joe wrote:
What's the advantage?

Joe

If your staysail is a worn out piece of crap then
a boom is a good idea.

If you have a nicely cut sail, a track system
without a boom will serve you better.

If you have a nicely cut sail, a track system
without a boom will serve you better.



I think that's a bit close minded. Staysails often suffer from wind-
shadowing and a boom will keep them well in place and working, even
when efficiency drops. It will also keep the sail healthy longer. Best
shape MAY be achieved without the boom, but a headsail on a boom (like
the one used on a Alerion 28) is also cut for that specific usage and
it works very well. Adapting a current headsail for a boom
modification may not work as well.


RB
35s5
NY

"Joe" wrote in message
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What's the advantage?

Joe


Another advantage is you can store the staysail lashed to the boom and
covered with a sail cover like a mainsail. You can also store your jib
or jenny hanked on already and in a bag on the foredeck. This makes a
cutter boat look very cool and it's quite fast and handy getting under
way.


Wilbur Hubbard

On Aug 31, 11:40 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

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What's the advantage?

Joe

Another advantage is you can store the staysail lashed to the boom and
covered with a sail cover like a mainsail. You can also store your jib
or jenny hanked on already and in a bag on the foredeck. This makes a
cutter boat look very cool and it's quite fast and handy getting under
way.

Wilbur Hubbard

Good point Wilbur.

My preference is to have a roller furler on a staysail. So you
leave the genoa rolled up with you have to short tack up the
river, or in heavy weather, and use the genoa fo lighter
conditions where you don't have to tack as often. Put a
code zero out in front and you have a nice suit of sails for
all conditions.

My preference is to have a roller furler on a staysail.



You can have RF and the boom, Bart.



RB
35s5
NY

On Sep 1, 7:00 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
My preference is to have a roller furler on a staysail.

You can have RF and the boom, Bart.

RB
35s5
NY

You can have the boom. I wouldn't have one.

In article .com,
Bart wrote:
On Sep 1, 7:00 am, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
My preference is to have a roller furler on a staysail.

You can have RF and the boom, Bart.

RB
35s5
NY

You can have the boom. I wouldn't have one.


me too... don't like self-tacking jibs either.

Have you sailed the Alerion 28? It works very well on that boat. And
I'm sure it can work well on others.



RB
35s5
NY