Thanks everyone for confirming that I m not doing any harm. The boat sails well with just the 135 even upwind. I may sail that way more often!
Joel On Friday, September 19, 2014, David Donnelly via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I often sail with a single sail with my wife on board. She likes > everything about sailing except the sailing (heeling) so I like to keep it > relatively calm if the wind is over 10 kts. If the wind is up and direction > favors reaching most of the day I only use the main, but if the wind is > light and we have to point at all we use the genoa. I also sail on and off > my mooring ball quite a bit and usually do my final approach under main > alone. I find the main to be a fair bit slower but as I am alone most of > the time on my boat it isn't in my way or need furling when I have to walk > foward to grab my mooring lines. > > On my 26 the real power comes off the genoa but I suspect most boats are > that way. > > I never really gave much thought to stressing the rig and I haven't > observed anything unusual. We sail on a lake and dont have the rough water > that coastal sailors have. > > David Donnelly > C&C 26 Mistress > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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