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Use of mainsail

3530 Views 12 Replies 10 Participants Last post by pdqaltair, Apr 5, 2015

sirtang

Discussion Starter · Apr 4, 2015

After watching a lot of cruising youtubes I find that a lot of people sail with just a jib or a combo with a deeply reefed main. Is this really that common?

Is there a narrow window of wind speeds that merit the use of the main?

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