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Good point Chuckles...
You're right AFAICT. The Solent Rig is not the same as Solent stay... The Solent rig is essentially what you and I have on our boats, with a screacher forward of the normal forestay.
The advantages of a Solent rig over a cutter probably have much to do with light air performance. Two smaller sails do not generally provide the same power as a single large sail equal to them in area. However, as you pointed out, a Solent rig isn't designed to fly both headsails at one time generally, and the outer headsail generally sheets outside both forestays.
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a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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