The luff is basically a solid, heavy sailcloth extension of the old luff. The red webbing is stitched over the top, with a D-ring at one end and a large bronze piston hank at the other. You wrap the "extension" around the furled headsail (and its sheets), and clip the piston hanks to the D-rings. Then secure the pennant at the foot, and take a spare halyard to the head and hoist the sail over the furled headsail.
There is some info and a good video on the Gale Sail at http://atninc.com/atn-gale-sail-sailing-equipment.shtml. It looks like conversions are now $22 per foot of luff. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On May 29, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Pete Shelquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Fred – > It’s tough to tell from the photo, is the luff a solid piece of cloth? How > is it hanked on?
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