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[quote=davefarmer]Ed's bag sounds great, straps would be nice, keeping it behind you while leaning back, pulling on the righting line, is an effort that the straps would help.  And at your weight I think this size bag will be needed to bring a 16 up.  The 3 to 1 purchase assembly is required.

The 14 main sounds like a reasonable solution for sailing solo in bigger breeze, it has the advantage of no extra material on the boom when reefed.  The disadvantage is that the decision on sail size needs to be made before leaving the beach, with reef points on a full size main you have the option of reducing sail if caught out.  Is the H14 luff length enough shorter to have the head land below the comptip?

Another option for the furling jib would be to find one off another boat(Nacra 5.2 or 5.6?) that was designed to furl.  Might even come with a furling drum.  A recut, abandoning the horizontal battens, is ok too.  Be nice to have a sailmaker who'd done this for a beachcat before.

My drift sock came from Cabellas, maybe 30 some bucks, and I have a fifteen foot line attached to it, with a carabiner on the line.  When over, I tie the bitter end to the fwd crossbeam, and clip the 'biner to the forestay bridle at the lower hull.  The sock fills and boat drifts downwind, bows into the wind.  Right the boat, get organized, and sail forward over the sock, pull it aboard, untie the line and let it run thru the 'biner, and stow the mess somewhere.  Off to more adventure!

You will indeed have a custom boat at the end of this effort, designed for your particular stripe of sailing.  We envy your venue!

Dave[/quote]

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