Sure can keep you informed.
I will heading south to Pensacola for the Wave NAs on the weekend of the 24th and on to Key Largo from there after the races.
Then I will be back close to Calverts where we can work on the project.
Basically, I intend to use a 10' bow sprit, use the Hobie bow spreader to keep the hulls from coming together, and then replace the present halyard with a halyard that is attach about half way out the bow sprit. That is where I intend to hank on the roller furling jib. I want to set it up as self-tacking.
Then I will use the roller furling Hooter at the end of the bow sprit and sheet from the aft part of the boat (That I am already doing -- you can see the whole story at
Wave Class Site on the Super Wave)
That will be a pretty powerful rig on a platform that can handle a lot of buoyancy.
However, you won't be able to hold the boat down in winds over 12 mph, so I intend to have a trapeze as well.
Since the tiller is in front of the mainsheet, a standard tiller extension will not work -- you would constantly be fighting to get it and you through during each tack and jibe.
So, I will use a long, one-piece tiller extension that goes out both sides of the boat. It will be bent up so it does not hit the water on the leeward side.
Anyway, that is the plan.
Thanks for asking,
Rick