On purchasing Roysjoy she had the 3 sails on board and nothing else , 1 x 10oz genoa 1x main and 1x mizzen . while having a single set of good condition sails is fine on a motorsailer there is always room for improvement within the sails locker . On our few short sails so far with her we have had low wind conditions and while the main and mizen were ok the Genoa was a waste of time being made of heavy 10oz material so ever since we have been looking to add some lighter material sails for low wind conditions . Its taken over 6mth to find any the correct size that were local and that were not over priced [ or out of our minimal budget] But finally a local guy in Plymouth came up trumps having replaced his yachts sails he was selling a bundle of jibs and genoas so a trip to have a look was in order . So one wet sunday morning in feb me and the lads set of to take a peek with fingers crossed that they would be usable and the correct dimensions for Roysjoy . On arrival we thought we were coming to get 1 or 2 but after laying out each sail everyone had its merits and a price for the lot was agreed then they were all stuffed in the back of the family runaround . So after laying them out in the drizzle it was time to dry them all out and pack them away in wait for a day of calm to see which ones would work best. In the uk in winter its not easy to launder sails at home unless you have a large workshop or unit to borrow which we don't have so we opted to hang them up in the only place we had , at home in the warm and dry of the cottage . Luckily we have a long passageway between 3 rooms with 2 woodburners in making ideal sail drying conditions . So 1 sail each 24 hrs was hung up between the kitchen , dining room and lounge . This way by the time i got home from work each evening the sail hanging was dry and ready to re pack then up with the next and so on over 6 days until all were dry inspected measured and packed . So the next dry still day we will be faffing about with sails on board to find the best of the bunch for the adjustments to our sail plan . We are hoping to add to the sail locker 1xno 1 jib 1x no2 jib and a light weight Genoa .
We do need to add a new fixed forestay along side the roller furler and also wish to add a inner stay to make her cutter rigged and even looking to make one in to a stay sail off the mizzen to optimize the amount of sailing possible on a heavy displacement motor sailer .
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