How do you use a sail like this

[greeny]

Orange for storm jibs is a relatively modern choice / regulation? I've had many storm jibs in standard white cloth in years past.

 

[prv]

Quite possibly a storm jib that you can’t practically set but its presence on board satisfies a regulation or requirement somewhere.

Pete

 

[Old Bumbulum]

The only BMS sailmaker google turns up is an apparently rather small (no website anyway) Elvstrøm maker based in Marseille.

It would seem about the right shape for a small flying jib off a long bowsprit or indeed a riding sail but looks perhaps a bit over-built for that.

Best hope is for the OP to provide more info...

 

[ifoxwell]

But as others have said, cloth weight is going to be the biggest clue. If it's heavy then you could still be looking at an extremely small and not orange storm sail.

Thanks for all the feedback guys, lots of good ideas and suggestions.

The sail cloth isnt that heavy and as its white I'm beginning to rule out the storm sail idea.

Given everything written above the riding sail idea would seem most likely... and this boat has the shallow draft keel that I guess may benefit from something like this more than others.

The boat spent the first ten years of its life in La Rochelle any one know if this is the sort of thing that the French do?

 

[MikeBz]

I would have said storm jib initially (our SO32 has a detachable inner forestay for a storm jib). But... the panel layout vs. the position of the sailmakers logo is very strange.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, lots of good ideas and suggestions.

The sail cloth isnt that heavy and as its white I'm beginning to rule out the storm sail idea.

Given everything written above the riding sail idea would seem most likely... and this boat has the shallow draft keel that I guess may benefit from something like this more than others.

The boat spent the first ten years of its life in La Rochelle any one know if this is the sort of thing that the French do?

There is no obligation to have a storm sail orange - ours is white - but as Ops sail is light weight means its normal wind only.

Clearly available as a stay sail. I have run many a sail up on inner stays or else where even without a stay) to get extra canvas up in light airs. Part of the joy of sailing and our "new" boat is having dynema solent inner fore stay fitted as easier than hauling it flying or more problematically getting it down again

 

[Solent sailer]

looks like a storm jib to me, we had a bag/sock made up to go around the furrled genoa so we could still use it, you just need webbing straps with D rings at the correct spacing to hank it on to and rap the sock around the furrled genoa, seemed to work ok and gave us the option of using the sail with minimal costs, i think one of the sail makers does a simular storm jib in a bag that raps around the furrled genoa?

 

[Daydream believer]

looks like a storm jib to me, we had a bag/sock made up to go around the furrled genoa so we could still use it, you just need webbing straps with D rings at the correct spacing to hank it on to and rap the sock around the furrled genoa, seemed to work ok and gave us the option of using the sail with minimal costs, i think one of the sail makers does a simular storm jib in a bag that raps around the furrled genoa?

There is a report on the My hanse website of an experienced sailor trying to use a purpose made one in a gale. He said it was absolutely useless ( dangerous in fact) as it could not be hoisted against the friction of the existing furled sail in heavy wind. He had test hoisted it in light wind, but it was a disaster when he tried to use it in anger.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

There is a report on the My hanse website of an experienced sailor trying to use a purpose made one in a gale. He said it was absolutely useless ( dangerous in fact) as it could not be hoisted against the friction of the existing furled sail in heavy wind. He had test hoisted it in light wind, but it was a disaster when he tried to use it in anger.

I have often wondered about that style of wrap around fitting. Sounded perhaps OK to get it hoist on big yacht with multiple crew gathered on foredeck - however thats not where you want all those folk.

Our boats wont be going anywhere to windward in F8 as not close winded at the best of times so we just have trisail and storm mains respectively, and use highly furled genoa, but I had considered wrap around storm foresail though for our cruising could not really justify it on either cost or storage

 

[Daydream believer]

I have often wondered about that style of wrap around fitting. Sounded perhaps OK to get it hoist on big yacht with multiple crew gathered on foredeck - however thats not where you want all those folk.

Our boats wont be going anywhere to windward in F8 as not close winded at the best of times so we just have trisail and storm mains respectively, and use highly furled genoa, but I had considered wrap around storm foresail though for our cruising could not really justify it on either cost or storage

I imagine that on a big yacht they would have facilities for an inner forestay any way.