JIb and Genoa

[keving]

Can you have a roller furler with Genoa and a small jib on hanks on a 26M at the same time?????

[ssichler]

Can you have a roller furler with Genoa and a small jib on hanks on a 26M at the same time?????

I've seen a storm jib that goes over the roller furler but not a regular jib. What makes you want a configuration like that?

[keving]

Maybe I wasn't clear I would like to able to leave my 150 genoa on the furler and run small jib / storm jib seperate

[DLT]

I have seen storm jibs that attach to a furled sail with large loops, rather than hanks.

This allows you leave the Genny on the furler and slide up a jib over the furled Genny. This does not allow you to fly both sails at the same time...

This is what ssichler was talking about, I think...



I think there is also at least one Mac who has a second inner forestay, cutter rigged, which would be one way to run two head sails. Of course, you'd have to furl the most forward one each time you tack...


The only other way to run two head sails on a mac, that I'm aware of, is to run a Jib or Genny and spinnaker...

[ssichler]

Maybe I wasn't clear I would like to able to leave my 150 genoa on the furler and run small jib / storm jib seperate

I think this is what you are looking for - http://www.atninc.com/gale.html

[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

Pretty cool, but $460 for a 30 sq foot sail seems a bit pricey. I wonder how well it will slide over a sunbrella U/V strip.

[ALX357]

YES you can have a storm jib hanked-on behind the furled genoa, on a temporary wire.
I have recently completed my mod for using a hank-on jib behind the furled Genoa, without removing the furler or Genoa. The regular hank-on jib, or any hank-on jib, rides a dismountable wire stay, and the stay, and the jibsail, can be raised in just a few minutes while underway. You need two halyards, one for the wire, and one for the sail, both mounted below the Genoa furler on the mast, a few inches below. The wire which does not come thru the block, is hoisted by a very-low-stretch line thru the block. When using the furler Genoa the wire is kept stored rolled up with the hank-on jib attached to it, inside a zipper bag. You also need a way to move the furler drum forward a bit, which was already a completed mod I had done previously. Write me email alxatherton@msn.com, if you would like a more complete description of the mod.

[Chip Hindes]

I've read of a demountable forestay for a cutter rig which stays attached to the mast but is detached at the stemhead. Somehow the demountable stay must be stored against the forward edge of the mast where it won't interfere when not in use.

I have to wonder whether the furled genny would interfere with airflow over the jib sufficiently to make the whole thing an excercise in futility compared to partially furling the genny.

It does bring up the possibility of flying both the jib and genny at the same time for a true cutter rig. Hmm...

Wonder how much to add hanks to my RF jib which has never been out of the bag?

[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

Does it have to be hanked up a wire? What about a little storm jib that just attaches at the tack and the head (like an asym spin)? That would be very easy to accomplish. Could you crank the luff tight enough so the leading edge would stay straight? Anyone tried this or seen these types of jibs?

[Billy]

Dimitri-2000X-Tampa Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject:

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Does it have to be hanked up a wire? What about a little storm jib that just attaches at the tack and the head (like an asym spin)? That would be very easy to accomplish. Could you crank the luff tight enough so the leading edge would stay straight? Anyone tried this or seen these types of jibs?

Sure, isn't that the way a Hobie 16 jib is--wire in the luff? Make a storm jib the same way.