Why 2 Sails On Modern Sailboats?? Here's Why

[@joeytedder]

This is a good explaination of why you want to use both sails on a sloop, but you can have a balanced sailplan with a cat rigged boat too. However if you had explained using Bernoulli's principal and how there is a pressure differential between the sails that increase the forces enacted on the sails giving greater thrust at a lower angle of attack, you would have sounded much smarter. Please look up cat rigged sailboat and change the title of your video to "how to balance your sailplan"

[@Elizabeth-dd8xw]

Thank you for this valuable info!!

[@MiQBohlin]

Hey, this is a good one. Saving it to my lists 👌🏽

[@TSailingAcademy]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@emilwikgren8530]

Sorry to disagree. Not with the CE/CLR part though. If you moved the mast forward and still have just a main the boat may still be balanced. I would say to answer the question in your title. Two sails is often (not always) the most efficient way of generating sail area.

[@nD-ci7uw]

I came here for an explaination why modern boats have only 2 sails? schooners looks so cool, why aren't we producing them? Are they less effisient than sloop rigging? Why all modernd