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Comments please on a possible boat modification..

I currently sail a ketch. For various reasons I don't use the main much. In fact it is still in the sail bag in my garage this season. I am thinking that I might simply remove the main boom and rig a forestay from the top of the mizzen to the base of the main mast. I could then put a furling jib on that stay and set it up to be self tacking. That rig would be very easy to sail without leaving the cockpit and would give me more sail area for light air.

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