What the devil is this??

[chrisings]

So, this is a, big, beautiful sailboat in our marina. It's on the hard and has this little, bitty sail hoisted on what appears to be a head sail halyard. What's the point? It can't be more than 1 or 2 square foot. and why is my photo 90 degrees off??

 

[Ken13559]

Ahh... so thats where her panties goes.

 

[Sailor Sue]

It keeps the forestay from vibrating in the wind. You can also lube the foil grooves by spraying Mclube on the luff tape and pulling it up and down the foil.

 

[Joe]

....... and why is my photo 90 degrees off??

Check you auto rotate screen feature on your tablet or cellphone.

 

[Benny17441]

A storm sail for sailing around Cape Horn?

 

[capta]

Is it the biggest foresail you'd want to put up on one of those backstayless rigs?

 

[31seahorse]

Most of us have heard of or even used an anchor riding sail to limit sailing at anchor. Well, the picture shows the proper use of a jackstand riding sail to limit sailing while on the hard! Admittedly, the latter type of sail is much less common.

 

[dscribner]

I think Sue wins. Another thing that it would pull double duty as would be to mark the boat in a crowded harbor. We use three Chinese lantern, yellow, red, blue, hoisted up the topping lift, spaced about 6 feet apart. Works great.