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• Ketch rigged boats, advantages?
  • Great advantage for sail makers ;^)
    • I know a guy with a ketch, and hardly ever uses, his main.
    • Since I know Todd and Tom (and I don't that many people) -- I stand corrected about the number
      • That's ok Steve. My favorite is, "If you don't step your mizzen this year, you'll sail faster",.....
  • Are you trying to start a bun fight...
  • You forget the ease of reefing/balancing by dropping the main.
  • Ketch rigs
  • There are both. Something you don't hear is, 2 spars are expensive to build.
  • On my yawl, the mizzen is the first sail set and the last struck...
  • Having sailed a ketch for 15 years...
    • And
      • 2 masts
        • Since you mentioned it, I like the mizzen to lean against at the helm.
          • And it's a great place to mount your bell.
            • Terrible place for a bell
              • I don't know where else to put it Jim. I only use it to get the crews attention.
              • What is the requirement for a bell?
                • Bell
                  • Under 20 meters is when I really want someone to know I'm there.
                    • Me too Westie. We do use ours sailing in fog occasionally.
                      • Leeward mark duty.
                  • Colregs sound signals
                    • OK that was what I thought...
                      • We've used kids yelling on the bow. Their ears are better too, sailing in the fog.
                        • We still hear these from boats under sail in the fog.
                          • That's what we use
                          • I thought that those were for Moose season
                        • I hear you loud and clear...