Changing foresails on twin luff groove foil ?

[Robert Wilson]

I've tried acouple of times. My new No1 in the foil and old No1 flying free. In usually light winds, but the idea seems to work well. A lot easier than rigging a cruising shute/genneker in the useless "tube" which came with the boat, and gets all caught-up every time I try to use it - even AFTER totally re-stuffing, it on the lawn!!
Not sure how it would cope with a strong wind, but I'd still rather do it than have all the hassle of hoisting a spinnaker and all that that entails.
I sail mostly single-handed, so spinnaker stays in the bag!

 

[Upnorth]

It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure we used to hoist the second sail in the lee of the existing sail, then tack and take down the original again in the lee of the new sail.

+1 and swopping the lazy sheet onto the new sail before tacking

 

[ghostlymoron]

OleWill,

Spot On advice as usual !

I've discovered the same...

Andy

Andy, are you confusing Olewill, Oldsaltz and William_H (aka Olewill)?