I just listened to Kirsten Neuschäfer’s interview on the OCC news page https://www.oceancruisingclub.org/home/news/2719 in which she talks about using both forestay grooves at the same time for twin head sails. She says that such a configuration might damage the foil and, instead she had her twin sails stitched together. I’m pretty sure many of us fly twin sails simultaneously (one in each groove) and wondered if anyone has suffered foil damage as a consequence?
Simon

Hi all,
Have a look at the Twistle Rig set up for down wind sailing. If you have twin poles and two Genoas of similar size you only need the Twistle fitting. This reduces the roll out of the rig so it is not transmitted through the mast and into the boats motion. It would always be prudent to leave one roll on the foil to alleviate any extra strain on the twin groove foil. We have used the Twistle Rig very successfully over many years. Brian SV Darramy 

Thanks all for your comments. I guess Kirsten’s rigging advisors were being cautious because a non-stop, competitive circumnavigation is likely to impose more stress on the foil grooves than an average cruiser. Also, it enabled her to claim the 2 sewn together yankees as 1 sail rather than 2 - the race limits the number of sails carried. Flying both with one turn on the furler sounds like a good compromise for us cruisers.

Simon

+x

 

bwallace - 11 Jun 2024

Hi all,
Have a look at the Twistle Rig set up for down wind sailing. If you have twin poles and two Genoas of similar size you only need the Twistle fitting. This reduces the roll out of the rig so it is not transmitted through the mast and into the boats motion. It would always be prudent to leave one roll on the foil to alleviate any extra strain on the twin groove foil. We have used the Twistle Rig very successfully over many years. Brian SV Darramy