I noticed in a recent Hobie 16 post that people were talking about soloing with only a mainsail. I solo about a quarter of the time, but I have always used the jib. I was afraid that there would be a lot of weather helm since the Prindle 18 was not designed to be a uni-rig. Has anyone tried the uni-rig with a prindle 18? Or hobie 16? What are your experiences with helm, boat handling?

I probably wouldn’t uni-rig anyhow because the prindle 18 is probably the hardest boat I have ever sailed to get through a tack in a chop.

I am interested because we are going to be building a blade F16, which is supposed to be able to sail as uni-rig or sloop.

Matt