Hood Anchor Riding Sail

[Chip]

All

Curious if anyone out there has a Hood riding sail?  Looking for guidance on how to rig it.

Thanks!

Chip Wilkerson

Moonshadow

NS 33 

Barrington RI

[Bruce Clark]

Are we talking about something to reduce sailing at anchor?

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[Bruce Clark]

Oops, Bruce Clark, N30,Nonsuch , Whitby YC, Lake Ontario

[Chip]

Yes, to keep the boat into the wind at anchor.  Thanks

Chip Wilkerson

Moonshadow

NS 33 

Barrington RI

[Bruce Clark]

The basic idea is the same for all riding sails but the details of the boat matter. What you want to do is have the ‘luff’  aft and the ‘clew' going forward. If possible you can hank the sail to the topping lift, attach the ‘sheet’ to a mid deck cleat and hoist with the halyard. On Nonsuch we have a tackle at the bottom of the topping lift and can’t reach above this, but we do have two halyards. We use one halyard as a sort of backstay and hank the riding sail. We use the other halyard to hoist the sail. We also have a line at the ’tack’ of the riding sail so we adjust the height of the sail. We position the sail vertically so the sheet going forward leads correctly with equal tension on the foot and leech. This photo gives you the general idea. It does not totally eliminate tacking at anchor but dramatically reduces it.

Bruce Clark

N30, ’Nonsuch’

Whitby YC, Lake Ontario

On Sep 3, 2025, at 3:20 PM, Chip <chipwil...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, to keep the boat into the wind at anchor.  Thanksh

Chip Wilkerson

Moonshadow

NS 33 

Barrington RI

On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 3:14:59 PM UTC-4 Bruce Clark wrote:

Oops, Bruce Clark, N30,Nonsuch , Whitby YC, Lake Ontario

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM Bruce Clark <bwc...@gmail.com> wrote:

Are we talking about something to reduce sailing at anchor?y

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM Chip <chipwil...@gmail.com> wrote:

All

Curious if anyone out there has a Hood riding sail?  Looking for guidance on how to rig it.

Thanks!

Chip Wilkerson

Moonshadow

NS 33 

Barrington RI

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