Jib Sock

I had occasion to meet Paul at Masthead Enterprises in St. Petersburg, FL. They have a good selection of sails, parts and engineer custom stuff. Got a nice price for fabricating a sleeve for a jib cover, aka jib sock. Zips up the full length with two sets of zippers such that an opening can be created at the jib sheet connection point. On this sail, have set of port and starboard blocks for 2:1 purchase on the jib sheets. The Astus jib from Volaire Sailconcepts, has a zipper on the jib luff to remove that sail from the head stay. The halyard and down haul are internal to the luff zippered "sleeve". I tend to leave the jib on the stay, similar to the Windrider WR17 jib/stay. I found the new jib sock to be an outstanding sail protection, not only at anchor, but big coiled up in this 5 foot duffel I have for a sail bag (mast rigging tackle plus gennaker sail and sheets also go in the bag).

I am going back to Masthead to have slugs added to the main luff bolt rope to make for easier main up/down single handed. This is fixed position mast and have to be dead on the wind to easily douse and store the main. Probably have a main sail bag fabricated out of the same red material for a sail cover and lazy jack bag for easier reefing.