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Schooner Trinovante Sail Plan

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Schooner Trinovante Sail Plan

The following sail plans show how the schooner Trinovante might reduce sail as the wind increases.
Depending on wind direction and sea conditions various sail combinations will be used. Factors to be taken into consideration include, the general trend of the wind – is it increasing or decreasing, the abilities of the crew, if it’s day or night, the sea state, whether we’ve just made a cup of tea and how quickly we want to get to our destination. There are no hard and fast rules. In practice, unless we are racing in the Tall Ships Race, we don’t tend to do a lot of reefing, we just drop whole sails.
You can see more of how this rig works in the Learn To Sail A Schooner Articles by John, the skipper of Trinovante.

Sail Plan No.1

This shows full sail set. We would carry this amount of sail off the wind up to around force 5/6. Hard on the wind we might remove the aft fishermans a little earlier when it tends to increase heel without giving any extra speed.

Sail Plan No. 2

The aft fishermans is off and the mizzen has been reefed to improve balance. Often we just take the mizzen off at this stage and generally only bother to reef it if we are on the wind and want to keep as much sail on as possible. The boat is generally easier to tack with this sail combination if the mizzen is still set.

Sail Plan No.3

Here the no.1 Jib has been removed and the working jib set . The mizzen is fully off. Reducing the sail area forward balances up taking the mizzen fully off aft. However we often sail with the mizzen off and the no.1 jib set and this works fine too if you are not expecting the wind to keep increasing or if you are off the wind. It all depends how hard you want to push the boat.

Sail Plan No.4

Now we are starting to be significantly reduced on the sail area.

Sail Plan No.5

Here the working jib is off too. All the sail area is low down and well within the boat. It means we don’t have to go out on the bowsprit or work on the aft deck as the sea gets rougher. It is now fairly straight forward to gradually reduce sail further by reefing the foresail and mainsail and stay sail or just dropping individual sails right until we get down to bare poles. It’s is going to be pretty windy now. If we are on the wind maybe force 7 and over.

Schooner Sailing Holidays

Voyages In Date Order

Schooner Trinovante on a UK Saiing Weekend

UK Sailing Weekends

May 1, 2018

3 Nights, 26th - 29th April 2019 £395
A weekend on the water in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Offshore Voyage UK To Norway

May 1, 2018

14 Nights, 4th - 18th May 2019 £1295
An offshore voyage to Norway followed by magical day sailing in the fjords and islands.

Arctic Norway Bronnoysund To Bodo

May 1, 2018

27 Nights, 30th May to 26th June 2019 £3295
A month sailing in Norway, cross the arctic circle, Lofoten and more.
Limited Spaces Remaining

Bows of an anchored ship with midnight sun in the background

Norway Sailing Lofoten

May 1, 2018

9 Nights, 30th June - 9th July 2019 £1250
Set sail from Bodo to cruise the stunning coast of the Lofoten islands.
Limited Spaces Remaining

Crossing the Arctic Ciircle, a waypoint, on the coast of Norway.

Norway Sailing Crossing The Arctic Circle

May 1, 2018

9 Nights, 13th - 26th July 2019 £1395
Set sail In The Land Of The Midnight Sun and cross the Arctic Circle
Limited Spaces Remaining

Warehouses on the river, Trondheim, Norway.

SchoonerSail Limited

Norway Sailing Trondheim To Alesund

May 1, 2018

8 Nights 29th July to 6th August 2019 £1050
Sailing in the fjords and islands of Norway. FULL

The old quay, Øye near Alesund Norway. Tall Ship Adventure Sailing.

Norway Sailing Alesund To Bergen

May 1, 2018

8 Nights, 10th August to 18th August 2019 £1095
Coastal sailing with stunning scenery in the midst of Norway's fjords and islands. Limited Spaces Remaining