Originally Posted by
The Smokester
Novice question: I have a cutter rig with (of course) a regular 100% jib up front and a smaller staysail behind it. ***I am intending to enter the Non-Spin Division.*** My rating is for a cutter rig. With respect to the rules, under what circumstances can I use the various sail combinations? Examples: 1) During light winds can I fly main and both jib and staysail together?; 2) When it's blowing like stink, can I switch over to just main and staysail? 3) Can I pole out my jib downwind (wing-on-wing, no staysail)? I know that it's explicit that I cannot pole out twins (which I don't have yet anyway) in the non-spin division.
Is there a rule simply that I "cannot use both staysail and jib simultaneously" in non-spin?