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• Anyone with experience with riding sails
  • A friend made one for his Pearson 35
  • We've used one a few times on our Sabre 34-II.
  • The Admiral made one from a Sailrite kit
  • No experience with a cutter, but on my odd little boat...
  • Dodger, Bimini, Solar, BBQ, Stern Anchor, Dinghy Outboard
  • Gosh with the Dodger, Bimini, Solar, Dinghy Outboard, BBQ, Lifesling, Stern Anchor and flag
  • Have you experiemented with....?
  • No experience, but the Delta Wing style would seem to be the most effective, to me...
    • Oops, sorry about the pic, sticky from a previous post
  • My experience.
  • Owning a yawl, I have no doubt a riding side would keep you head to wind, Neil,
  • I'm not sure, in a "blow" the double sail is such a great idea
    • "I'm not so sure that in a blow" that
      • It's too bad roller furled headsails can't be easily removed.
        • Why can't they?
          • In Neils case, 47' cutter, it's not too easy.
            • True, the bigger they are the harder they fall
          • Problem with switching RF sails
            • Many RF sails have vertical battens or foam luff
        • Cable ties.
      • A lot of boats I see these days have what amounts to a poop deck on the back.
        • LOL- Aren't those what Jon calls "Kroozers" with "Crap on the back"??
        • Crap on de Back is one thing but
          • Here's my "Crap On de Back."
            • Here's my Crap on de Front"
              • Here's her in her new slip
            • Dude, I like the seat!
              • That's my "Inland Coastal Waterway Seat".
                • Oh yeah, that's a great idea!
          • This sort of stuff is now normal...