Hello Team OCC,

I’m a newbie to the OCC, still an associate and still prepping my boat for her first >1000nm ocean crossing.

My boat is a 2014 Hanse385 sailing sloop with furling jib.

My plan is to follow a downwind trade wind route, while using a “twin head sail” instead of my existing asymmetric spinnaker or standard jib with mainsail.

I have heard of Elstrom’s “Blue water runner” and Northsails’ “Tradewind sail”.

C/ Please would you share your own twin head sail recommendations?

D/ Would a bespoke twin head sail made with used sails be efficient enough?

Hi Simon, 
i believe the Twistle rig is different to the Samba rig in that the Twistle fitting is the key factor. 
The inboard ends of the poles fit into the Twistle Pole sockets which are not attached directly to the mast. The Twistle fitting is held by an up haul and down haul line, and one down haul led forward, so the poles are not attached directly to the mast,  This stops the down wind roll being transmitted through the mast, and thus reduces the roll of the boat.it is easily furled to reduce sail area when the wind speed increases and easily unfurled when wind eases.

Brian

Brian
Thanks for the clarification
Simon

+x

 

bwallace - 24 Oct 2022

Hi Simon, 
i believe the Twistle rig is different to the Samba rig in that the Twistle fitting is the key factor. 
The inboard ends of the poles fit into the Twistle Pole sockets which are not attached directly to the mast. The Twistle fitting is held by an up haul and down haul line, and one down haul led forward, so the poles are not attached directly to the mast,  This stops the down wind roll being transmitted through the mast, and thus reduces the roll of the boat.it is easily furled to reduce sail area when the wind speed increases and easily unfurled when wind eases.

Brian