Gary Jobson also pointed out that ETNZ was running a tall, skinny jib, vs. Oracle's shorter, wider jib. One thing about a self tacking jib, the foot has to be shorter than the distance from the mast base to the tack point.

I'm not sure that the jib Oracle was using today had a short enough foot for use with a self tacker. Do they even have a taller, blade type jib? And why don't they have a self tacker anyway?


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