I am exploring the possibility of throwing on a bowsprit to fly a large masthead roller furling reaching genoa and adding a hound to the mast to run a 7/8ths fractional 90% self tacking jib to the existing stem fitting.
I tried searching the forum with no luck. I can't believe no one else has done something similar.
My question for the forum is this;
How do the Ariel and Commanders handle under the small jib? I am concerned about being able to properly balance the helm while sailing to weather. I have only sailed The Princess with is the large 150% genoa, when I need to reduce sail the boat sails much better if I reef the main and let the genny breath. If I need to further reduce sail I drop the main and she sails very nicely under the Genny alone. If I sail with only the main I get an unacceptable amount of weather helm. Being a jib is generally more efficient to weather, does a 90% - 100% jib have enough power to balance the big main?