[quote=klozhald][quote=eighty6svo]if it's available to use and will make the boat go faster, I will be wanting to use it so I'll learn soon enough.[/quote]
Damon's point is that it is [b][i]harder[/i][/b] and much more frustrating to try learn how to sail a cat without the jib. To start out without a jib is to make it more difficult to control, akin to not using one of the rudders or centerboards to "simplify" things.
There isn't a good reason to sail a sloop rigged cat without a jib. (Roller furling is another topic altogether, expensive but fantastic.)[/quote]
No HTML tags allowed (except inside [code][/code] tags)
