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

ups.com...

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.