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• How does your boat sail under main alone?
  • No ideas to help
  • love sailing under main alone
    • That's what I was thinking. For going through some areas, it's nice to be able to sail like a Catboat.
  • we use the headsail
  • My boat doesn't sail worth a damn on main alone...
    • Given a ketch or yawl, this would be my choice, too.
  • The J/42 sails very well under main alone
    • Thanks, that's one thing I was wondering about.
    • Pretty much with the J/160...but is different
  • Moody sails great under main alone.
  • Sails OK under main alone... tacking is the tricky part...
    • That's the problem many of us have sailing main alone.
  • Our Passoa 47 sails and tacks well on
    • Boats do vary a lot in this regard. I found this shot of us sailing to anchor
  • Mine sails real well on the main alone....
  • Ours does quite well, main alone.
    • So what's the skinny? Simple or complex? A boat sails well on main alone, because,....
      • I see many boats sailing with genny-only
      • Faster, more easily drivent hulls