Double Head Sail

On our passage south out of Little Harbor to Royal Harbor, we had winds directly on the stern at 10-15 knots and 4 ft seas.  So, this was one of our first chances to use the new tri-reacher pole to hold the clew of the jib sail out so it would not flog.  Wing and wing with the main prevented out, we were doing OK with speeds above 5 knots until the wind died down below 10 knots.  Well, with Mason aboard, we just had to haul out the spinnaker.  Rather than furl the jib, we discovered that we could attach the spinnaker tack to the headstay with the jib deployed.  The result was a double head stay arrangement which got our speed back up above 6.5 knots with less rolling.

Just had to share the panorama picture taken from the stern.  This is Gypsy Queen with maximum horsepower!