Back in the day, 1970’s, we would have two staysails on board. A Tall Boy and a Low Boy (I think this is the sail originally asked about). The Tall Boy we would use on a reach with either the spinnaker or genoa and we would hoist it on a dedicated halyard. spare genoa halyard or an unused wing halyard depending on how the boat was equipped. The Low Boy we would use with the spinnaker on a run and hoist it on a spare halyard like the Tall Boy. We would tack it to the windward toerail and it would fill in the area below the spinnaker. It would get very busy trying to fly the chute, blooper and staysail when going down wind.
Rick Taillieu Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: November-22-16 16:32 To: CnClist Cc: Dennis C. Subject: Re: Stus-List Early C&C Sails - now staysails Depends. Lots of scenarios for this depending on your masthead configuration. If you hoist on the windward spinnaker halyard and tack the staysail on the windward toe rail (legal in my area for most races) AND the wind is light then it may not chafe on the forestay. Or if you tack to center line and hoist with a leeward spin halyard, then the wind will push it away from the forestay depending on halyard tension. I guess one could use a spare jib halyard also. I'm guessing chafe isn't a big deal. I guess the real question is what does it do for the sail plan? Does hoisting it from the masthead project it more forward and in better air? Or does hoisting it from the topping lift open it up more away from the headsail or chute? I'm not a huge fan of staysails anyway. I think there's a lot of truth to the old saying "you gain a half knot when you hoist a staysail and you gain a half knot when you drop it". I may ask some of the really good sailors in my club. I'm curious now. Dennis C.
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