Just tried the sails that came with recently purchased Oday 22 & found that the jib is a storm jib & only goes up 2/3 rds of the bow cable.My question is how high up should I raise it & what hardware connects it to the front bracket. I am assuming & from what I have read, a storm jib will not develop much speed but may be easier to handle which is likely what I need as a newbie sailor. Any other problems anyone foresees me sailing with this type of jib? I have looked everywhere but cannot locate hardware to connect at bow bracket on boat.
All you need is 5/16" three strand or braid line with a snap hook or quick shackle attached to one end. Tie the other end off to the tack of the sail and leave on the sail. Find the proper height adjustment for your sail and keep it tied on the sail at that height. Start off with about 12" of line between the tack of the sail and the bow chain plate and experiment with the height adjustment.
Generally, a Genoa sail is designed to be as long as the fore stay with the foot of the sail sweeping the deck.
I had the Genoa sail on my boat re-cut to fit my CDI Roller fuler's vinyl luff, and they also cut the foot of the sail so that the clew is higher making the sail more up swept which provides better visibility for me now when the sail is up and working, but prior to that when this sail was first made, I had them install reefing points on it so it could be cut down to the size of a Jib.
Whenever I reefed this sail I had to add the line with the hook to the tack of the sail in order to also raise the sail higher. This is a very common approach to having the sail at the proper height in order to get maximum performance out of it.
Check out a book by Wallace Ross entitled "Sail Power." It probably can be found in your local town library. This book has all the info plus illustrations needed to give you a better understanding of sails and the type of hardware commonly used.
