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I’ve got a sprit on my boat that carries the forestay about 75cm forward of the bow. Just wondering what the impact on sail trim will be if I bring the forestay back to bow proper and reduce headsail area accordingly - this won’t be that much less as will ditch the furler and tack to the deck at the sme time which will give me about 50cm more hoist. Can then go from 100% to 110% jibs. Could then run flying Genoa/ code zeros to power up the boat when not hard on the wind.

 

I know it will cost a bit of power in the light but can anyone advise if this will massively impact trim and balance. The alloy a frame is a serious weak point in the rig so will look to remove it or replace ( replace is expensive) -

 

I’d run a Selden or Trogear type spirit kit to run the zero or gennakers off.

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