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Originally Posted by HoffaLives
Hmm, then I guess I better give a call to the consignment store and get at least my storm jib back.  One question -why switch to a smaller jib when single handing? Easier to furl? |
Not so much because its easier to furl, but tacking is much easier than hauling the 150 around - but if you insist on using the 150 furled part way then there's no advantage other than performance.
As cruisers, if the wind is particularily light, many people tend to motor anyway, esp if the objective is upwind. Once you get to 10 knots or so, many boats will sail quite well with the blade and a full main (I'd think your CS36 would too), you don't have to reef the main quite so soon, and the sailhandling is lighter and easier.
I think that if you give this a try, you'll find it works quite well in the moderate breezes and higher. In the light stuff you may be wishing for the genoa, but in the light stuff changing sails is not a big deal.
We carry on board a blade, a 135, spinnaker. No furler, so we just set the best sail for the conditions. On one of our previous boats we had a furler - but it wasn't a reefing one, just a furler and the design class had only one headsail size - nicely in the K.I.S.S. concept.