Ken, There is a single sheet attached to the clew. It goes forward of the mast with the sail when "tacking." You don't set an asym with expectation of frequent tacking.
You don't worry about going forward in heavy weather to set, tack or replace it because it's a light weather sail. Kern's make mine. He has the dimensions. I don't. Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Abrahams Sent: January 16, 2002 11:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: M_Boats: Twin Forestays I have heard of a 'double' jib that is two thicknesses of sailcloth of the same size. Regular sailing has both sails together. Downwind they are separated and put out on either side of the boat. Don't know about the rigging. I am considering a assum. spinaker for my M-15. Anyone know the dimensions? Different sheet leads? Ken Abrahams, M-15, Petit Fleur, Lake Charles, La. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Twin Forestays > Which "Howard" would that be? I hope it isn't me. I've got 3 headsails, but only use them one at a time. I do have a spinaker halyard, but don't have a sail to use it on. Dead downwind I'd be running wing and wing (main out and jib poled out on the opposite side). > > As I understand it, the skinny on twin forestays is that for the most part, they are a bad idea. You can never get enough tension on them from the backstay to keep the one in use from sagging and giving you a bad sail shape on the wind. If you have them, you must leave the one not in use a little slack so that all the load is on the active one. You might be able to use them both downwind. For our boats, a bettter solution might be an asymetrical spinaker or large drifter set flying and/or poled out on a spinaker halyard. But that will involve going forward to > take it down eventually. > > Bill Riker uses an asymetrical spinaker on his M15 and it works really well, as far as I can tell. It went up when it needed to, and came down when it needed to, and it didn't look like it was a problem. I don't have one, but I understand that being made of light nylon, you can stuff them in a bag instead of having to fold them. If so, it would make life easier. > > Howard > M17, #278 > > Steve R wrote: > > > Does anyone have twin forestays on a M-15? (or M-17 for that matter?) I found a reference in the archives that Howard uses two foresails to run downwind, but I do not know if that means two forestays or if the two sails are hanked on to the same stay. Is it possible to have one sail in use and one hanked on and ready to hoist if the weather changes? You would have to deal with one set of sheets being on top of the other. Any other issues that I do not envision? I am trying to get roller furling without the big bucks or increased set-up/take-down times. > > > > Steve R. > > M-15 #119 > > Lexington, KY > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
