Hello,
I have been watching sailing videos such as this one from Distant Shores
https://youtu.be/EUqcCk0JQOY
and was wondering about downwind sail configurations. Would it be faster to have the main out in addition to the
spinnaker? One might argue that the main blocks the
wind getting to the
spinnaker, but when I
race my Martin 242, my main is always up, even with spinnaker. Is it different on a
catamaran? Or is this just for ease of handling on a long
passage?
On other videos of ocean crossings, I've seen boats sail wing on wing with two foresails, again with the main down. Is this actually faster, or is it for convenience as to prevent accidental gybes? If one of the foresails backwinds, I imagine one can just furl it up?
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