Thank you, Richard and Arne....

Annie Hill wrote:

Richard Brooksby wrote:

On Tammy Norie, which has a standard H-M sail, the yard hauling parrel is important otherwise the sail tends to hang back from the mast. It needs to be slack when reefed down to the top triangle.

That's odd: I've always hauled the YHP in tight, regardless of how much sail was set, flat or cambered.  In fact, part of stowing the sail was to haul it tight.

It's physically impossible for the YHP to be tight on Tammy Norie when reefed right down. The battens have stacked back from the mast, constrained by their parrels. The yard sling point can't get close to the mast, so the YHP must form a large loop.

“Slack” is the probably the wrong word. I always put at least some tension on it, of course, but it won't form a tight loop. I don't leave it flapping around.

On Tammy Norie, which has a standard H-M sail, the yard hauling parrel is important otherwise the sail tends to hang back from the mast. It needs to be slack when reefed down to the top triangle. The luff hauling parrel (upper only) doesn't achieve much except when reefed, when it helps to tighten the luff and so improve the leading edge of the sail. The overall fore/aft canting of the sail is much more influenced by the boom parrel and boom downhaul.

I never seem to have creases, but then my sailcloth is flat.

Neil Tanner wrote:

Hi all.....  I see the benefits of having the luff hauling and the yard hauling parrels on some of the JR sails but Van Loans book doesn't mention either one.  My yard has a parrel on it but like the rest, it's fixed.  Why should I have yard or luff hauling parrels?  Just curious.  Thanks!

The luff hauling parrels are used to remove the diagonal creases from the sail panels. If you do not have any creases across the sail panels then you do not need luff hauling parrels. My old HM pattern sail did not develop any real creases so I did not need a luff hauling parrel. But my new camber panel fan shaped sail develops very significant creases so I have a running luff parrel which I need to use to remove the creases. There is a bit of work involved in this and on Footprints I use a winch to set up the luff hauling parrel which needs to be adjusted whenever I reef, or remove a reef. But I do not mind the extra work, it beats fiddling around with headsails!!

Hi all.....  I see the benefits of having the luff hauling and the yard hauling parrels on some of the JR sails but Van Loans book doesn't mention either one.  My yard has a parrel on it but like the rest, it's fixed.  Why should I have yard or luff hauling parrels?  Just curious.  Thanks!