I've got an 85 H16 That spent most of this past summer on the beach at a friends lake home close to my house. I didn't get a chance to do much racing this last summer so it worked out well for me to leave it set up there. (I live in the middle of dirt, and dis-like dealing with impatient power boaters at the public launch). A friend has a 77 H16 he wants to sell, but the jib has been mangled by mice. (The main is brand new). My plan is to leave the 77 at the lake, and use my 85 for racing. I was thinking of adding a furling jib to it just to make life even easier. Is there any loss of power, due to not having any battens in the jib? The hulls are solid, and it needs a fairly large amount of TLC, and I think I can get it for a good price. Plus I can update some things on my 85, and use the parts on the 77. Or am I just lazy?


I'm boatless.