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Date Posted: 19:30:47 10/04/09 Sun
Author: Dan B
Subject: last sail up

I was having a discussion today about which sail should be the last to take down in heavy weather and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts about this. My assumption was that you would want to keep the headsail up because it keeps the center of effort more foreword and thus provide more of a pulling force on the boat rather than a pushing force like you would have if you had only the main up thus pulling you over the waves and keeping your bow from plowing into them. The captain who has a lot more experience than me said it's better to keep the main up because the foresail would actually force the bow down. this makes sense too.

also, would the point of sail affect which sail should be up?

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