Have enjoyed these posts. I too on occasion sail with just the jib. I did not
see it mentioned, but I understand there is a term for sailing only the jib and
it is sometime referred to as "Brazilian" sailing.
Lloyd Lippe
Finesse
Landfall 39
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From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List
To: David Donnelly ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List sailing under jib alone
Thanks everyone for confirming that I m not doing any harm. The boat sails
well with just the 135 even upwind. I may sail that way more often!
Joel
On Friday, September 19, 2014, David Donnelly via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
I often sail with a single sail with my wife on board. She likes everything
about sailing except the sailing (heeling) so I like to keep it relatively calm
if the wind is over 10 kts. If the wind is up and direction favors reaching
most of the day I only use the main, but if the wind is light and we have to
point at all we use the genoa. I also sail on and off my mooring ball quite a
bit and usually do my final approach under main alone. I find the main to be a
fair bit slower but as I am alone most of the time on my boat it isn't in my
way or need furling when I have to walk foward to grab my mooring lines.
On my 26 the real power comes off the genoa but I suspect most boats are
that way.
I never really gave much thought to stressing the rig and I haven't
observed anything unusual. We sail on a lake and dont have the rough water that
coastal sailors have.
David Donnelly
C&C 26 Mistress
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