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Be careful sailing with big jib and no main.

The mast gets a LOT of it's fore/aft stability from the mainsail. I sailed on a C&C 41 where the owner had lost a mast this way - big jib up, no main, poked into a sea and the whole thing came down. Rigger fitted him a new mast and painted the top of it red as a reminder. PM me if you want the name of the boat/owner.

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