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Just the jib... as it is now the jib is lower than the stays'l
In Response To: Gene, are you thinking about the staysail, the jib, or both? 
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() But truth be told I think the stays'l track doesn't go back far enough either. It was added on... the original design is for self tacking stays'l, but I actually prefer tacking it myself. Both are roller furling.
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- 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?
- Just the jib... as it is now the jib is lower than the stays'l
- 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