[Public-List] inner staysl shown on original Whitby Brochure??

[Don Campbell]

Mike :
     Have the rules been changed so that no head sail can fly with a 
spinnaker?  As of 2010,  Chesapeake race rule  (15D) specifically does 
not allow spinnaker stay sails, but  'any allowed headsail may be flown 
with the spinnaker'. Since the working jib has a luff of 30', that might 
make the difficulties Gord has encountered with a chute and staysail 
even greater.
     Rule 14 D within the Canadian rules does allow spinnaker staysails.

     At the same time, there may have been  some very different ideas by 
Aberg. It is my understanding that theAL30 was originally a fractional 
rig design and  it was Kurt Hansen who changed the forestay based on his 
experience with Folkboats in Humber Bay at Toronto (light air and heavy 
boats). Undoubtedly the headsail sizes changed then too.
     Gord may wish to comment on the differences in designed rig between 
a European and WBW Folkboat.
Don
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