Having read now all 12 pages of posts, I'm still wondering if adding a jib from a H 16 or possibly a larger sail will cause my little 14 to "submarine" the leeward hull all the time. It took alot of my first season to get the mast rake figured out, and since I like the benefits that a jib will give me, I'm planning on making one up this winter. (Winters seem long here in Canada) I have made a "compression bar" to go between the front of the hulls , and attached the stays to it directly, so there is very little sideways pull on the hulls themselves. The result of doing this is that the forestays now pull both hulls up and have very dramatically reduced the tendency to pitchpole. It now seems that even with 2 people on board, the leeward hull stays up. Soooooooooo............ adding a jib, even if it has to be set up lower than usual, shouldn't affect the sideways pull on the hulls, but what about the tendency to push the leeward hull down?? I have a 90 sq. ft. sail from a "donor " boat I could use if it wouldn't too much downward pressure on the leeward hull. From what I've been able to find out the H16 jib is approx. 78 sq. ft. so not too much of a difference there. I realise it would require a bowsprit pole of some sort that will be attached to the compression bar,and then to the front crossbar to keep the sail out from the mast. Any ideas, thoughts, or concerns would be welcome!!
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