I can drop a main if I need too also. But if it was blowing so hard that I needed to get the main down, then there is a good chance that I wouldn't want a jib up.

My personal choice is to never have a cat with a sail that can not be doused in a reasonable amount of time. I furler on the jib is pretty crucial to my concerns.

I'm still mystified by the apparant acceptance by many of the claims that Inter 20's can't be stoped unless the tiller is constantly tended.

Won't somebody who has hove to an Inter 20 or otherwise parked it with the tiller tied down, step in here and tell us about it?

GARY