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Seamanship: The Case for the Staysail

Seamanship: The Case for the Staysail

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Mar 07, 2025
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This post is part of our Serious Ocean seamanship discussion that we’ll bring out as often as practical. While I make the case for the staysail from the perspective of passage making, particularly in heavy weather, Bob Pingel’s followup post describes the nuts and bolts of adding a staysail stay and running backstays to your boat.

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