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Greetings,
I would guess the extra diameter of a furled sail in extreme winds
would be a distinct disadvantage. Wouldn't it tend to pull the bow downwind?
even with a sea anchor it seems there would be a war going on between the
anchor and the furled sail.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Bodine <tbodine@onr.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>; louro19@aol.com
<louro19@aol.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Head sails and Roller furling
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>Hi
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> I was wondering. I have been reading "The Moonshine Logs". The author has
>sailed across the Atlantic a few times and sailed from New Jersey to the
>Bahamas as
>well.
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>Now I have read at least a couple of sailing books. These fellows are
>constantly changing sails. The author says he is much happier now that he
>carries a roller furled Jib on his cutter rigged yacht.
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>What happens if you are caught out in fifty to hundred mph gale and you've
>got the roller sail mounted? Should it come loose as things always seem to
>be doing in these books then you'd be sunk. Can the larger roller furled
>sails be taken down?
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>How does a partially furled sail compare to a storm jib or trisail?
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