I don't think this will work on a boat with a jib that is cleated. The boat would just foot off and drag you. On main alone, they tend to just buck along very slowly with the main unhooked. When I release the chute, it about half snuffs on its own. The windage may pull it downwind like a cleated jib.


Mike, Ohio
Former H16, H18, N20, N17, M4.3