Hello Stu, with the 130% part furled in 25kn or so the genoa trim is not good and the C/E is way forward.No. I've read of a C36 doing it. It's unnecessary. Use a smaller jib.
Geoff, Hi, I may have been confusing a staysail with an inner forestay. Joe cleared that up for me. Answer is still no.Hello Stu, with the 130% part furled in 25kn or so the genoa trim is not good and the C/E is way forward.
Geoff
Hello Joe, thanks, but, at about 25kn or so with the 130% part furled it does not trim well. Thinking of an inner forestay, with running backs and staysail. will trim well and move C/E back.How do you want to use it? It was common to see staysails flown with spinnakers on the masthead rigged boats of the 70's and 80's. I have one for my boat. It's made of lightweight 3.5 oz cloth and has a wire luff that can be tacked at various locations on the fore deck... It's called a "daisy" staysail... but is also known as a tall boy, tall staysail, etc. Very high aspect design.
As I said, it's purpose was to supplement the spinnaker.. but...I have flown it as a normal light air headsail after discovering the free flying luff, high aspect shape and lighter weight works well in conditions under 5 knots.
Here's one at work on a boat very different from mine.
You should man the winches and let her steer.My reason being my wife has trouble cranking the Genny in when close hauled and more than 10 knots of wind...
No. Self-tacking to me means having gear on the foredeck that allows the jib to tack without using winches, different than staysails if I understand them correctly (i.e., no hanks on the luff). The ONLY boats we've seen with self-tacking gear are from the California Delta, where the slough's are very narrow and that gear can be helpful for the full jib on the original forestay, and self-tackers are limited to about 90% or they don't work - think about it, the clew can't go aft of the mast. One of those C34s moved from the Delta to down to The Bay and immediately removed it. The gear also is lousy for reaching - it keeps the clew down low. And even putting a jib on an inner forestay won't get you much, 'cuz the sail has to be smaller, right?thought the self-tacking might suit me for beating up wind with lots of tacking and the Genny for either long tacks or reaching/running. would this make sense on a 34?
Be cheaper and easier to get bigger winch, or longer winch handle. I had an aluminum winch handle cut and welded to 15" long 25% more power. I ultimately went from lewmar '40 s to 54's. No trouble getting the last few inches in.What about having the furling Genoa on the forestay with an inner stay with a smaller self-tacking jib? I was wondering about adding the inner stay and self tacking jib on my 34 Mk II. My reason being my wife has trouble cranking the Genny in when close hauled and more than 10 knots of wind...thought the self-tacking might suit me for beating up wind with lots of tacking and the Genny for either long tacks or reaching/running. would this make sense on a 34?
Geoff... you might try reversing crew positions, as Stu mentioned, let your wife steer and you work the sails.... I do that all the time on my boat. Steering is one of the easiest jobs if you understand tell tales.What about having the furling Genoa on the forestay with an inner stay with a smaller self-tacking jib? I was wondering about adding the inner stay and self tacking jib on my 34 Mk II. My reason being my wife has trouble cranking the Genny in when close hauled and more than 10 knots of wind...thought the self-tacking might suit me for beating up wind with lots of tacking and the Genny for either long tacks or reaching/running. would this make sense on a 34?