You can also do what is called a kemp sleeve that wraps around your furled sail allowing you to clip your storm jib to it. It is essentially a rectangle of fabric with grommets that line up with your storm sail clips. On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 11:17 AM Alex Conley <conley.alex@gmail.com> wrote:
I've always wondered about setting my heavy weather jib freestanding- at least on an M15 with its loose rig, the halyard is taking almost all the tension anyway. Has anyone done this, and are there any major drawbacks?
Alex
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:57 PM Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
Great question re storm jibs and roller furlers. We do what we have to do in a pinch but it is generally not the best to roll a 150% Genoa down to storm jib size.
I have two dedicated storm jibs. One is a heavy weather staysail from my VN23 which I converted to roller furling for my M17. It is about 35 sq ft and fits the M17 perfectly. It can be rolled up to reduce its area even further. It is not difficult to change headsails with the Shaefer Snapfurl at the dock but it becomes a handful if out sailing. The trouble is that when you lower the big Genoa, it can get away from you because the luff is free to blow away; it’s not constrained by hanks to the forestay. (And it’s blowing like stink, of course.)
I have a hank-on storm jib that I use when I need to make a drastic sail reduction under way. I have my boat rigged with a removable Dyneema Solent stay for this hank on jib. The bottom end clips to the mast base when not in use. To deploy, I bring the end to the bow and attach it to a reinforced pad eye about a foot aft of the stem head. I use a forestay quick-release lever with ball lock pins for attachment. It only takes a few seconds to deploy the Solent stay. The 26 sq ft storm jib (stock size sold for Catalina 22) has one-handed Wichard type snaps instead of traditional hanks, making it easy to bend on. Quick and slick! (These snaps came standard with Rolly Tasker sails bought from National Sail Supply.)
Here is a link to using a Solent stay on an M17. This is not my boat or my project. They went first class. I went a much cheaper (but still strong!) route. I used a pair of mast tangs for the top attachment and a reinforced U-bolt type pad eye at the bow.
https://msogphotosite.com/Scripts/StoryTechnical/storytechnicaldetail.php?id...
For good measure I recently added inboard jib tracks to get better
sheeting
angles for the smaller sails.
Henry M17 Monita
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:18 PM Jason Leckie <leckie.jas@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, lots of wind in the Pacific Northwest right now.
This brings up the subject of storm jibs in my mind. I have one that came with my boat, although I have never pulled it out of the bag (maybe I did once when I first got the boat.), I think I will this weekend though.
My sail on the furling rig is a full sized genoa that can’t be removed other than by dropping the mast or climbing the mast. Does anyone rig up a storm jib separate from the furling system and how do they do that?
Of course I can just reduce the area of the genoa sail with the furler but perhaps using a storm jib can be better in very strong winds. I believe Dave Scobie may have mentioned something about this in the past.
Thanks in advance for any responses
Jason Leckie Kuma M17 Point Roberts,WA/ Vancouver, BC
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