I just listened to Kirsten Neuschäfer’s interview on the OCC news page https://www.oceancruisingclub.org/home/news/2719 in which she talks about using both forestay grooves at the same time for twin head sails. She says that such a configuration might damage the foil and, instead she had her twin sails stitched together. I’m pretty sure many of us fly twin sails simultaneously (one in each groove) and wondered if anyone has suffered foil damage as a consequence?
Simon

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Simon Currin - 4 Jun 2024

I just listened to Kirsten Neuschäfer’s interview on the OCC news page https://www.oceancruisingclub.org/home/news/2719 in which she talks about using both forestay grooves at the same time for twin head sails. She says that such a configuration might damage the foil and, instead she had her twin sails stitched together. I’m pretty sure many of us fly twin sails simultaneously (one in each groove) and wondered if anyone has suffered foil damage as a consequence?Simon

Hi Simon, my forestay furler and foil are made by Reckmann and last year, I checked with them whether the foil and furler were strong enough for double headsails and the answer was no problem.  I also got a quote from Dolphins sails who make double headsails in separate groves for many Oysters.  Again, they didn’t raise any issues with using both groves in the foil.  I ended up buying a 2nd Genoa for my Code zero furler because I was concerned about potentially having to take the second Genoa down when changing from a downwind to a reach or upwind course.   But one of our members has been using a double headsail setup in his Simbo rig for many years. https://www.rhbell.com/Simbo/simbo-downwind-sailing.html.  Hope that helps.  Cheers Joerg