The first version of the boat didn't have a jib, and it worked pretty well. The only reason I set it up like that was because I was planning on racing it Portsmouth. I would have taken a bigger hit racing it as a Turbo with Headsail than as a uni with headsail. I'm also planning on leaving the boat on the beach with a bunch of other 14s so we can do a weekly series thing. All the boats are going to be Turbos, so I needed to add the jib, anyway. I also just wanted to see if it helped or hurt any.
I looked into a self-tacking jib, but just didn't want to mess with it and didn't want to spend the money.
I have a feeling that Bob is being quiet about the jib thing because he thinks it is too much. Like I said, I'll be chasing him around, anyway.