In response to the recent discussion regarding the correct storm sail
to fly on a cat ketch, I recently had a chance to measure my storm
staysail. The leading edge is 35 feet, and the foot is 9 feet.
Ignoring the curvature on the trailing edge, due to an inverse roach,
the sail is roughly 157.5 square feet. There are no battens.
As I had mentioned, I use the mizzen spare halyard to raise it. The
foot attaches to a car on a track running parallel to the longitudinal
axis of the hull. I run a single sheet back to the cockpit for sail
tensioning.
HI guys , Got about 10,000 open ocean miles on
chamela f-35.Never droped all the sail like to keep
steerage . best storm sail, is to drop both sails to
the wishbones and leave the bottem of the sail in
place . that gives you about 40 sq. ft. of sail down
low perfectly balanced John Oakeley taught me this.
you can do this from the helm. .
— tom <ketch_22@…> wrote:
In response to the recent discussion regarding the
correct storm sail
to fly on a cat ketch, I recently had a chance to
measure my storm
staysail. The leading edge is 35 feet, and the foot
is 9 feet.
Ignoring the curvature on the trailing edge, due to
an inverse roach,
the sail is roughly 157.5 square feet. There are no
battens.
As I had mentioned, I use the mizzen spare halyard
to raise it. The
foot attaches to a car on a track running parallel
to the longitudinal
axis of the hull. I run a single sheet back to the
cockpit for sail
tensioning.