Agreed. If I wanted to inshore race a harry I'd go for two tall
skinny  square topped sails with wingmasts and sail it like an
Elementarry, (Including the righting pole ;-)). I figure that if you
have the righting ability and the fore aft stability then you can
somehow get the extra sail area. Theoretically, a Harry loaded,
giving 50% more righting moment should allow a 20% higher rig and as
you are sailing upwind all the time, its the lengths of those luffs
that count. Or you can leave it light and have a similar height rig
trimming for the main wind strength and allowing the flex of the
masts depower for the gusts. The long  bows with low down bouyancy of
the lw hull allow a harry to use its righting moment. Offshore I may
be a bit more consevative and have a kite to send up to catch the
breeze. Theoretically you can work the kite to get more swept area
instead of tacking down wind. And if you had four crew you could take
it in turns to sip the iced tea --- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au,
Mike Crawford <jmichael@g...> wrote:
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