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Tell me about the advantages of yankee cut jibs on a cutter rig. 
I have a cutter rigged Pacific Seacraft Orion... I am considering different cuts of sail for the jib. Currently I have a rather typically cut 100% foresail. I am considering a yankee cut foresail for a couple of reasons... easier to tack and easier to see around.
Now I know that one thing I'll be giving up will be sail area. Will this change affect my pointing ability any... seems like the main and the hull shape have more effect in pointing.
So is the trade off worth it? Perhaps I should just fall back on the stays'l in areas where I expect to have tack quite a bit (such as in narrow channels).
What do you old salts think?
Messages In This Thread
- Tell me about the advantages of yankee cut jibs on a cutter rig.
- Our experience with cutters
- In heavy air and a wet seaway, the higher cut will tend to avoid catching a bunch of green water that might come at it.
- You won't be giving up sail area
- I think a Yankee is a great cut sail. It sets high
- Will your sheet leads move aft far enough?
- Gene, are you thinking about the staysail, the jib, or both?
- Yankee and stysl
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- John Harries is a big fan of Yankees with a cutter rig
- Our experience with cutters