Easier Rigs for Safer Cruising. Sailhandling from the Cockpit

Description

Going forward in a breaking sea to change sail is a task that few crewmen enjoy; at best it's a quick way to get drenched, at worst it's an easy way to be washed overboard. Most small-boat sailors put to sea short-handed, and more and^Viore of them are discovering the virtue in rigs which can be simply controlled without leaving the shelter and security of the cockpit.John Campbell has made a thorough trial of a number of these rigs in ocean and offshore cruising conditions and here gives the reader a short, highly informative course in all the alternatives now on the market that are beyond the merely experimental stage. The junk rig, Swing Wing and Gallant, the Catboat and Freedom rigs, the Luna rig, wing masts and solid sails — they are all reahstically appraised and the reader is given clear guidance on their virtues and drawbacks. At the end of the day, the right rig for your own kind of saihng should result in less deck-work, less strain, more safety — and more fun.