Can you just leave the string with beads on the boat and remove the pole and selftacking jib sail and fit the old jib but leave the rail/cleats on and be fully Taipan 4.9 race compliant ?

I don't recall any Taipan rules disallowing having a selftacking rail on the boat when you are not using it. Simply exchanging the new jib with the old and hooking up the blocks to the tramp should be enough. The rail itself weights nothing and all the other (selftacking) hardware is removed together with the spi pole, right.


Anyway, good luck with finding a new boat for yourself and as always the same addagio relates to boat as they do to women. Love the good points and learn to live with the bad ones, then your time together will be fine.

Wouter