Beer cans!! Yikes.  No.  Wine corks, yes.  Well we seem to balance ok with the fore and main reefed a bit but yes, the Colvin needs the jib sometimes to balance the main.  The fisherman seemed fun.  Confirmed that yes, it was upside down.  And should be bent on downwind and between the sails more.  Time for more fun experiments this weekend with light winds forecast

Never mind what Brian says ;o), they have gales daily in that English channel. I live on a wind swept coast myself. But I can see the use for a fisherman's where you sail John. Twiddling yer thumbs all day in calms, playing with extra canvas sounds like the thing to do. 1/2 a knot is not to be sneezed at either. I might be tempted to give it a go, what use is a schooner if you can't have fun stringing up all kinds of laundry?

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Our Freedom 39 came with staysails but they were the first thing we took off. Junk is just so easy - why regress to deck-work and and complications?