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

Alan, Yes, an inner forestay would be a great solution to hank on a storm jib. Sueno did come with a staysail. The staysail however was flown using only a halyard which exited just below the

I agree. I brought this up once a few years ago, but it seemed like members wanted the prior messages. In Panama Internet access is so poor that even short emails take forever to download. Also,

Yes. I cannot do it myself either. So it seems hardcoded. Some members ask their accounts to be removed and request new ones. Same as when they lose/forget the access to an email address. JL Group

Mates. I am seeing messages that are very long(tailed) and with content that is not needed to follow up. Since the threads can be followed by conversation, I suggest to adopt a practice that leads

Hello Trevor, I get 3.7 liters/hr based on about 2000 hours of average on a TMD 22 which is an older, less efficient engine. I would expect about 3.2 l/hr at 6 knots. GL with your

James Sitting with feet in the bow locker gives me a better downward pull on the halliard. It also means I can ensure the leach slides up the groove without snagging any sailcloth. Plus it's