Jun 25, 2020 · "Perhaps ask the sailmaker to create a 110% yankee like sail with a longer leech , lower clew . Half way between a Genoa and a yankee" Yes. But the boats you have pictured are not using yankee's. Look at the white boat. It is a sloop. It is reaching, the sails are well eased. Look at how much twist is evident in the headsail.

Aug 11, 2016 · I like about a 110-115% high cut jib. Not a true Yankee as the clew was not as high as a real yankee. You can reach the clue barely, but with the pendant, the sail sits pretty high. I often used a ~2 +ft pendant on the tack. I had these on 3 different cutters and they all worked out well. I used the staysail as mainly a higher wind option though.

Jun 17, 2023 · For a larger genoa, we would have to take down the jib and replace it with the genoa, so no quick sail plan change. As I have zero experience with cutters, cutter-sloops etc., I also have no clue on what is the best path forward or if a staysail even works with a 105% jib on the forestay instead of a yankee etc.? Help! _____

Jun 25, 2020 · If you want more sail and flexibility have you considered going to twin head sails? Not sure of your current sail plan bu a lot of 80's boats had the mast stepped well back with a large fore tryangle the easily converts to a cutter rig. If this is the case adding a stay sail at 60% mast height and with about 115% overlap and then a high cut jib ...

Jun 18, 2023 · The forward furler was great. In heavier conditions it carried a tall cut yankee that could be tacked through the small gap between the two furlers. This sail was great upwind in 25kt to 35kts (with the genoa furled). Since it was well forward it balance the ketch rig beautifully allowing jib and jigger up to a partial gale. In light air and ...

So I'm all for the smaller jib, in answer to the OP's question. I have a 120% yankee and 95% blade on my boat, and the blade equals the power of the yankee with less heeling and drag down to less than 10 knots of wind, when upwind. The yankee only gives more power with the wind abaft the beam, and light. In the strongish conditions typical up ...

Jun 18, 2023 · Hydranet sails. 105 “beefy” yankee jib. full somewhat lighter build staysail. both on furlers. The mid-ship mast dictates a short boom. 328ft2 full batten tri-radial main. so my boat has a lot of foresail area. it performs almost the same upwind motor sailing under only main or only jib. no need for both ever.

But I also find myself often -- in Northern Europe, especially in the Channel, where we are very often sailing in winds over 20 knots -- that my primary headsail, a 120% yankee jib, is too much sail for the conditions. It loses its shape, obviously, when I reef it.

Nov 15, 2016 · 140% is a legacy of the past, and I mostly sail single-hand (or as if..) I dont know on which criteria to make a choice between a jib (90/100%) or a 110%genoa. I have a gennaker, and dont plan for a code0 soon. This foresail will add to a staysail, and i consider upwind performance paramount.

Last year I had a carbon laminate blade jib made for my boat, about 95%, so quite a bit smaller than the standard overlapping yankee jib (120%). It has taken me more than a year to get all the kinks out of the sheet lead system, and also I had to have the sail shortened slightly to get enough luff tension on it, something I only just now ...