Learn to Sail Video - How to Prepare a Headsail for Fast Hoisting

Do you have a backup method to hoist a small headsail or storm sail--in case the furling gear fails or in heavy weather? After all, most furling headsails are not intended to be used in extreme weather. Here's how we prepared a small hank-on sail aboard Rubicon ahead of time. This made hoisting fast and easy--and we ended up using this sail for more than 50% of our passage to the Caribbean.