[PUP] Reducing roll in a seaway

[Patrick Gerety]

> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "Truelove39 at aol.com" 
> > To:
passagemaking-under-power at lists.samurai.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27,
2009 4:45:23 AM
> > Subject: [PUP] Reducing roll in a seaway
> >
> > Thinking
of removing the "riding sail" from the mast but having second  
> > thoughts.
> 
John, I too have a trawler with a sailboat hull.  I use a sail at times but
a 
bit different.  I run a large genoa from the mast to the bow stem.  It
works 
very well as a down wind sail in 15+ knots of wind.  Under the right
conditions, 
it adds 1+ knots to my SOG or I can reduce my RPM's by 100+ and
extend my 
range.  I can say that it does not reduce roll to any discernible
degree.  I 
enjoy using the sail.  It is easy to deploy and adjust.  It is not
a factory 
option, it is something I designed and continue to tinker with.  I
think it 
provides real enhancements to performance and I am happy I have it
since 50% of 
my cruising is down wind to one degree or another.  The sail
will get a real 
test next year when we depart for the Coconut Run through the
South Pacific.  If 
I have catastophic engine failure on that trip, the sail
will get me downwind 
someplace ala Thor Heyerdahl......at about the same
speed!

Patrick
Willard 40PH
ALOHA
La Paz, MX