With someone at the helm and able to stay in control on 1x or 2x reefed main alone - or on anchor if single-handing - going forward to change jibs seems totally doable...I was surprised how much space there was on the M15 foredeck. No forward hatch though so would have to go the long way to bring one out and put the doused one away. So, new flat sails might cost more than a storm jib alone, and furlers are certainly nice...best solution probably depends on one's budget :-) cheers, John S. On 08/18/2013 02:42 PM, Karen and Smiley wrote:
When I bought M 15 #616 from Stan he had blown out the full set of sails and I knew better and ordered from the knowledgeable Dr Judy B some custom Hyde sails. Specifically I asked for a sail range of 15-20 knots and I knew she would cut them FLAT baby because we like to point in a blow. Had the wife out in 18 gusting to +20 last season and YES we had a tiller extension and yes we sat forward to the cabin and she was between my legs all of us FORWARD. The boat powered up and blew through the Chesapeake Bay chop just like Jerry designed her to do. FLAT sails and moving your weight forward and If I had a trapeze wire I would have been out on it. Full Main and Jib when everybody around us was reefed. I knew that day that this boat was right for us.
Now to the question of swapping out to a storm jib (I have one of those on board too) I would never feel comfortable going on the fore deck and swapping it out, Hey Sal and Jerry you hearing me on this one J I could have tucked away somewhere on a beach and done it but was I was never over powered. A FLAT main and jib will do this for you. Good luck Daniel with new sails cause that is the solution, use your blown out ones on drifters J
Smiley M 15 #616
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