2002年5月27日 · Hoist the appropriate headsail for the conditions, head upwind, sheet in, and get everyone in their racing positions. The first setting for the trimmers to confirm is halyard tension. Generally, the luff of the headsail wants to be tight enough so that it just takes the wrinkles out of the sail along the luff tape.

2008年5月19日 · Here are some pictures of the headsail bags on my 23' cutter Chiquita. These are the third set I have made for this boat over the last 30+ years. I made the first set from kits from Sailrite. The second and third sets were made from scratch. I bought the materials from Sailrite; they are also available on ebay.

2004年8月5日 · Telltales Headsail trim is important to the cruising sailor. Have your sailmaker add telltales to the luff of each headsail. Using those as a reference, you can adjust your sheet-lead position so that all the telltales along the luff of the sail lift at the same time. If the top telltales lift first, move the sheet lead forward.

2009年6月27日 · This works very well, even with a large headsail (including my 180% drifter!). Often, you would see two headsails furled along the port and starboard lifelines. Very simple system to use: just drop the sail, pull the clew aft pretty tightly, then furl the rest of the sail along the upper lifeline.

2014年5月13日 · Put the headsail on a furler. I lose some ability to point with my 150 genoa partially furled, but otherwise find it to be an adequate way to reduce the amount of sail especially if just out for a pleasure sail on a particularly breezy afternoon.

2009年4月13日 · The general theory is that for a racing boat that has a fixed max headsail dimension, a "Light" No. 1 would have a fuller draft and lighter material than the "Heavy" No. 1. The "Light" No. 1 would be a more powerful sail, fuller draft, yet not as high a pointing sail, enabling you to build speed and power through the chop that would slow a boat ...

2003年1月30日 · Headsail Options The choice of which jib or genoa to use will obviously depend on what's available in your boat's sail inventory. If you have only one jib, as in some class of boats (J/105s, Melges 24s, and Folkboats, etc.) then the choice is simple on the water, but perhaps more complex on the dock, particularly if you use a roller-furling ...

2002年7月15日 · The terms you've been hearing in regard to headsails (150 percent, etc.) refer to the size of that particular sail as it relates to the boat's foretriangle measurements. Say you've got a 150 percent headsail (or a 130 percent, etc.), that figure designates the LP or luff perpendicular measurement as a percentage of the "J" dimension.

2007年2月13日 · You can use it but your furling sail will be very high cut at the clew and so you lose sail area. Also if the sail was purpose built for furling it may be cut differently, possibly flatter and may have padding along the luff to shape it when it furls.

2022年4月27日 · The headsail seems cut significantly higher than my used racing Piranha 155, but about the same as my North 155. S/V TBD - a 1987 Laser 28 sailing Smith Mountain Lake, VA Reactions: SchockT