Dave,

Good to hear from a sail maker on this issue...

Besides all of the rigging and such on the Para Sailor that seems problematic to me, is it the load that you believe is a potential problem?

I happen to be a fan of the twin pole system for crossing oceans. It has amazed me the number of owners that have never, or rarely used it. My guess is half of the people that I have talked to believe that it is too much trouble, or too complicated to rig the twin pole system. And, rather than sail downwind in a straight line, they will jibe back and forth. Of course cruising is not racing, but arriving sooner is usually better, as far as I am concerned.

Bill

BeBe

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:26 PM, dave_benjamin@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

 

Acceptable or not, the Parasailor is a solution in search of a problem. If your 54 is set up with twin poles you already have a far better arrangement for downwind sailing installed. And if you don't have the poles, there's several more economical and imminently practical solutions. Just my .02.

---In amelyachtowners@..., wrote :

I would be very interested in any advice as to whether a para sailor sail is acceptable on an Amel 54.

Peter Forbes

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