I agree. I'm not sure I want to venture out on an open deck when the conditions are such that it requires a storm sail I tried to furl my jib on my M17 when things got sour and it sounded like a cannon going off whenever there was a significant luff. So I furled the remaining jib and cranked up the Tohatsu. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E Yake" <leyake@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:18 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Storm Jib
I have one of these Gale Sails for CornDog. The only time I've ever hoisted it was at the dock and I decided then that I wouldn't really want to be out on the foredeck rigging that when the conditions were bad enough to require it. Also, the smallest size they have is 30sq.ft., which is a little larger than would be ideal for a storm sail on a M17. I bought it second hand, in new condition, thinking I would use it in slightly more moderate conditions, but I doubt I ever will. My partial furled genoa has decent performance in those conditions, and is much easier to use.
Larry
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:24:14 -0800 Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> writes:
Joe, Here is another that seems even simpler, with a video clip to boot.
One might even substitute loops of parrel beads for the hanks, but I
think a "sock" over the furled sail would be easier on the latter.
http://www.atninc.com/gale.html
On Dec 4, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Joe Murphy wrote:
Recently I saw a storm sail that fit like a sleeve over the furled
headsail. I would have seen it in one of four sources: Cruising World; This Old Boat; Practical Sailor; or Lats/Atts. Does this
ring a bell to anyone. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Sharpe" <afsharpe@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:08 PM Subject: M_Boats: Storm Jib
M-17 folks? This spring we fitting our M-17 "Little Breeze" with a furling
headsail that works really great with one exception....really stiff wind like 20 knots plus trying to punch to windward. On
our previous sailboats (25 ft and 32ft) we would fly our storm
jib but with the furling headsail on the Monty there is no forestay to hank to. What have other M-17 owners done....aside
from using the iron spinaker which is what we did this summer on
a couple of occasions.?
Arnold Sharpe, M-17 #265, " Little Breeze"
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