Hi, you have a cutter rigged boat. Do you use the staysail much and if so, when do you use it? thanks!
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We don’t use it that much, frankly. We would probably use it more if we had it on a furler, but since it’s hank-on, it’s just a lot of hassle to drag it out of the sail locker and get it rigged. Plus, it’s really only a benefit when sailing closer to the wind than a beam reach. On downwind angles, it just blankets the genoa. We have used it mainly on upwind passages when the wind is too strong for the genoa-rather than reef the genoa, we fly the staysail instead.
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