Rusty IMHO; hang the jib at 15-20 knots when you reef the main. Or, forget about the jib entirely. You’re not going to claw off a lee in that boat, so you’re looking to go abeam to wind and sea at best and get clear of it all— which can be done on the mainsail. Hopefully you’ve got the sea room to find protection before everything comes to grief. 40 knots in an M15 would be my version of a living hell— Respect, Peter SV Bird Girl Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 27, 2019, at 1:34 AM, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi all,
On my last M-15 as well as my recent purchase I have a storm jib. My question is...when you decide you need it, how the heck do you get to it?! The M-15s are precarious enough in calm weather, going forward to bend on a storm jib when it’s blowing like crazy seems not only risky, but downright dangerous. So what do you do when you leave the dock in 5 knots and your genoa, and get stuck in unpredicted 40 knot gusts where you really need that storm jib up to balance the boat?
Thoughts?
Rusty M-15 “Vanilla” Duckpunt “The Donkey”