Sailing with four sails in light winds

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Windblown
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Sailing with four sails in light winds

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This was a first for me. Sailing in 6-8 knot winds between Marquesas and Tahiti we tried a new sail configuration on the freedom express cat ketch 39

1. Full Mizzen sail
2. Light wind staysail flown off mizzen halyard between main and mizzen
3. 3rd reef in Mail sail
4. Asymmetric spinnaker (3/4 size) flown off main halyard facing bow.

She balanced and handled beautifully for 3 days using the monitor wind vane. obviously removed spinnaker and staysail at night. she cruised comfortably between 4-6 knots. unfortunately have only one pic- i wish we had a pic of the sailboat from a distance- she must have been a sight!

love to hear from others how they have configured sails using staysail and spinnaker?
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