Help from Dutch forumites please, "Dubbele bollejan?"

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Re: Help from Dutch forumites please, \"Dubbele bollejan?\"

Other wise known as a double trusse.

Basically a double sided Genoa. Hanks on to the forestay and opens up by pealing away the leeward section and pulling round to the windward side. you really need twin spinaker poles to boom out what has now become a twin headsail format. Limited use, but could be useful on long down wind legs when you are running dead before or only slightly off.

I had one on my Victory 40. very time consuming to set, bought a conventional spinnaker and gave it away to a single handed round the worlder on a concrete boat. spinnacker and boat in 60 fathoms near Panama after arguement with a harbour breakwater!
 

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Re: Help from Dutch forumites please, \"Dubbele bollejan?\"

Many thanks Chris,

the boat is a ketch so this sounds just the ticket. She only has one pole but we can use the boom squared off with a snatch block and preventer on the end with main stowed for the other.
The boat currently has no headsail reefing. I am fitting this now plus a second independent forestay come the winter. In the meantime do you reckon this would set flying OK?
Hope I have better luck than the recipient of yours!
 

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Re: Help from Dutch forumites please, \"Dubbele bollejan?\"

I am not sure about setting it flying - I abandoned the sail after fitting furling head gear. - there was a major likelyhood of the hanks shaffing the sail - also I think the natire of the twin head sails need them to be firmly secured on the luff.

It really was not a very practical sail - only ever used by the Dutch! A conventional spinnaker is much much better, - a cruising shute - well not much use on the run.
 

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Re: Help from Dutch forumites please, \"Dubbele bollejan?\"

Not just tradewind sailors. We use them on runs for a few hours at a time. Great thing is you can yaw about a lot with no danger from a jibe. And of course it feels good with the boat being pulled not pushed.
Great favourite is to use the squared off and prevented boom as one of the poles, spirit of improvisation and all that. And it works.
 
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