Alan, You really get a SM to tack through 90 degrees measured by COG? Wow! Who’s your sailmaker? That’s a COG tacking angle I’d expect from a J-105! What apparent wind angle do you have to

Perkins Prima M50 (Volvo MD22) fuel consumption on KALI MERA varies from 1,8 l/ hour with 1500 rpm (motor-sailing) and goes up to 4l/hour with 2300 rpm. As we are not in a hurry with no wind we

Hi James, There are lots of messages in here about inner forestays...and pictures. Ours was factory installed and is a furler on a permanent stay at the top spreader with dyneema running back stays.

Bill, I am unfortunately not on my boat, however as I recall, on the bottom of my swivel are two eyes that line up with the two grooves in the furler. These two eyes are the attachment points for

If the block is attached to the bottom of the swivel, it turns with the foil, and the job. The top of the swivel does not turn. That's what makes it a swivel...

Or maybe attach it to the shackle that holds the jib up to the swivel, avoiding the wrap problem?

James, You will be attaching a block to the swivel. It does not turn when the foil and sail is furled. Therefore, you will have that halyard wrap around the foil. Do you get it? Bill Rouse BeBe

Bill, My plan is to attach a small block at the location that the head of the second sail would be normally attached to and the second small block at the location where the tack of that sail is

Hi Bill Perhaps because as a manufacturer he was able to fit a three track headsail foil, not work a system around two tracks. Danny

If I understand you correctly, to hoist the second sail, you will have a block somehow attached to the swivel with a continuous loop halyard that you will somehow tie off in the top of the

Bill, Well I can think of only two possible options: 1. He didn’t think of it. 2. He did think of it and decided it was bad idea, in which case I may have some details on why after doing some

I have one question. I wonder why Henri Amel did NOT do it that way? Bill ROUSE BeBe

Bill, Thanks, I hope that it does work! I will update the group once I have used it for a while to find out. Best, James Alton SV Sueno, Maramu #220 Arbatax, Italy

Of course,Joel. That reminds me of two other rules I've learned: The 50-90 rule: if there are two ways of doing something and you're not sure which is right, you have a 50% chance of getting it

Kent, the only reason you have not used the fuel in your Jerry Jugs is because you had it ready. If it wasn't aboard, Murphy's Third Corollary would dictate that you would absolutely require

James, For what it’s worth, I really like your idea about the looped halyard. Simple and elegant. Wish I had thought of it :) Maybe you can market it to all those “other boats” who have twin

Hi Ric. Yes, and thank you for that. I carried the jerry cans on deck the first few passages South and back North between the Chesapeake and the Caribbean, but never needed a drop of fuel from them.

Ian is right, but I tend to motor at 2000 to 2200 rpm. I often motor sail for my 4 knot rule at lower RPM. I keep a fuel log as well. Bottom line is that 1 US gallon/hr is my safety number and voyage

Trevor I haven’t done a detailed analysis of fuel consumption. We have the Perkins Prima 50 on our Santorin. I believe we get around 2.75 litres and hour, but our engine use varies greatly from

Ian, After I sent my last response to you I realized that I had made a mistake. You did say sitting with your feet in the bow locker and I said standing… The sitting position sounds like a good