More sails

Or one more sail to be precise

After much cogitation, I couldn't figure out a simple way around making a stack pack setup work with our reefing arrangements (the reefing lines would conflict with the permanent sail cover) and neither could Crusader

So I've decided to drop that idea and stick with a conventional sail cover. Since Crusader will make me a nice shiny new one to measure for slightly less than an off-the-shelf one size doesn't quite fit anything stock cover, I've added that to the order

And having saved (!) myself £200, I decided in consultation with the Purser to go ahead and order the cruising chute as well. We'll try it without a snuffer for this season and see how we go (that's another £150 "saved" - I can save money easy, me)

The chute was always a fairly crucial element of the cunning plan as it was intended to make up for the loss of sail area incurred by cutting the genoa from a 155% to a 140%.

So now I'm wondering whether I can get away with spending the money I've "saved" on a decent whisker pole? :D