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garymalmgren said..
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I can't figure that out because of the weird shadings. Somehow it appears to be a kite flown from the forward (lower) obscured masthead and a conventional but full cut headsail on the mainmast with what appears to be a blooper of some description tacked forward but below below the kite. Bloopers of course have gone out of fashion but were quite common on IOR boats in the 70s and early 80s and are normally said to have been invented in the sixties.

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garymalmgren said..
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I can't figure that out because of the weird shadings. Somehow it appears to be a kite flown from the forward (lower) obscured masthead and a conventional but full cut headsail on the mainmast with what appears to be a blooper of some description tacked forward but below below the kite. Bloopers of course have gone out of fashion but were quite common on IOR boats in the 70s and early 80s and are normally said to have been invented in the sixties.

Not a blooper ,its called a topless staysail. It was used prior to the blooper
to fill the gap below the spinnaker. On all accounts not very efficient.

Yeah Jules .
It is really hard to work out what is happening up forward
The photo is from 1965 I think.The boat was built in 1928 and she was still winning races.
No one on deck is doing anything so that strange wrap around sail is not being hauled in,
It looks like that is the way they set it.

Thank BB
A topless ,,, er staysail.
There is a new one.
Ya gotta be careful searching "topless" though.

Just Googled it and found that it is also called a golly wobbler.
But that seems to be a different sail than the one hanging below the spinnaker in the photo.

gary

Similar technique on the "Radical Bay 8000"
I believe they also fly it 'upside down'