Reply To: foresail

Juup
Same problem here, I just bought a HT27 and took it out for the first time for a two day sail up the Californian coast, which is straight into the wind almost always. The windward performance was disappointing, we were passed up by many mono's, some smaller than her. The Genoa on the boat is way old (blown out) I think it may even be the original sail, so that is definitely part of the problem but I suspect not the whole problem. In-between the 100 or so tacks, I was also musing the idea, of using a Jib and bringing the rails more to center as you mentioned…
When we turned back down the coast she performed, covering 4 times more sea than on the way up, 7kts without a groan, in a manageable wind, so there is nothing wrong with her downwind ability.
If anyone has experience with a jib or ideas on improving windward performance they would definitely be appreciated!