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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 07:54:57 EDT
Mike - I have sailed and owned sloops, yawls and currently own a cutter
rigged ketch. Barry is correct that an advantage of split rig is to make sail
handling easier and a defect is that the increased mast area makes it less able to
sail as close to the wind as a sloop. I carry roller furling only on the
foresail and find it is easier to adjust to varying wind conditions. For example,
when the wind pipes up, instead of reefing the main, I roll in a small amount
of jib and drop the main. The resulting sail configuration is called J&J,
sailing on jib and mizzen alone. It balances the boat very well, heels much, much
less in high winds, handles like a dream and loses no speed over a reefed main.
My ketch points nearly as high as the sloop, so the effect of the wind
resistance of the extra mast under way is low. However, you do have more wind
resistance at anchor and need sufficient ground tackle. A reefed mizzen provides an
excellent riding sail at anchor. Such a setup does present more masts to
varnish and more sails to maintain. In most situations, a roller reefed sail is
much less efficient than a sail used at it's full cut size. A split rig allows
you to adjust your sail size more efficiently. The best example of why this is
important is trying to sail off a lee shore in a gale. A boat roller reefed way
down will be rather helpless, but with a storm sail on my inner forestay and
a reefed mizzen, Raven is very responsive.
Mike
In a message dated 6/24/04 11:21:15 PM Central Daylight Time,
writes:
I know the definitions of these basic types of rigging, that a Yawl
has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post, while a Ketch has the
mizzen forward of the rudder. Got any clues for me?
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