Originally Posted by
BobJ
I know non-overlappers are all the rage but I'd really miss being able to fly a #1 when it's light - and even sometimes when it's not. A bigger jib on a reaching lead (or JT) and reefed main is the bomb on my boat in the ocean.
When you guys get done describing your perfect boat it's a J/92 . . . but I'm biased!
Just because I want a small foretriangle doesn't mean that we can't have overlapping headsails!
BTW, I would also instigate a rule that said something along the lines of... "5 sails, maximum, plus a storm headsail if the rig carries a headsail, may be on the boat at the start of every race". OK, maybe 6 sails.
Something like the Class 950, but really an 850 to keep the costs down as much as possible. I'm honestly thinking back to how many years of combined SSS racing and thinking that the Moore 24 and the Express 27 were the most popular boats. There are reasons, obviously. So what would an Express 27, designed NOW, specifically for single or doublehanded sailing, look like?
Hey, just because the Wyliecats are practically unbeatable in the Bay doesn't mean a thing, right?
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