Flying 2 Jibs and Main on a beamy reach

[alec]

You know the situation.

Nice day, f2 to 3 broadish reach. The jib is poled out and surprised how well the jib is doing with the leach now the luff and the luff now the leach.

Would it now be worth hoisting another jib on the spinnaker halyard , loose luffed on the same side as the main ?

Ever tried it ?

Have thought about it but never done it.

 

[westhinder]

Re: Flying 2 Jibs and Main on a beamy reach

I have never tried it, but the traditonal, flat-bottomed barges in Holland regularly do this. And in very light airs they will often add a so-called water-sail under the boom. If it makes sense for them, why not for us?

 

[jwilson]

Yes - done this, always liked the result

 

[Goldie]

I can confirm it works - it also works with the cruising chute to leeward.

 

[retsina]

I have never tried, but I like the idea. I have a furling genoa, can I use, at the same time, my spare genoa using a spare halyard in a similar way as if it was a cruising shute?

 

[Goldie]

Yes, and if yours is a ketch, a mizzen stayail as well. Loadsa sail!

 

[William_H]

I was a bit confused initially as to my understanding. A "Beamy Reach" would have the wind near rightangles to the boat. ie off the beam.
Wheras to run the jib ( "goosewinged" is one name) out to windward would require a very near dead down wind run.
So running down wind the jib to windward gets it away from the wind shadow of the mainsail so to put up another jib on the leeward side (ie in the shadow of the mansail) will not give as much benefit as you might hope. Certainly some benefit of course.

Bear in mind that any heavily balasted keel boat starts to run through the speed range above hull speed where the increase in speed is small for large increase in drive.

So by all means try another jib if you are a bit bored and want to play but it might not do much. olewill

 

[TigaWave]

We played with this and we had as much speed without the main and much less wear on gooses neck/kicker and sail on shrouds.
We had No1 and No2 rolled together, No2 was run from a block off the end of the boom, which was held forward with a preventer.