Preparation - Pacific Crossing Notes: A Sailor's Guide to the Coconut Milk Run - page 27

Sails
One of the advantages of buying a used boat is the wardrobe of sails that often come with
them. Our Dufour had already been equipped with a removable inner forestay and two
staysails (including a tiny storm jib). We rarely used these sails, but were glad to have them
the few times we did encounter a gale. In fact, we used the “baby” staysail several times
but never used the storm trysail we carried.
When we left North America, we also carried a triple-reef point mainsail, a light-weight
130% genoa, and an innovative new head sail we call a twin genoa. It consists of two light-
weight genoas sewn onto the same luff tape that can be flown wing on wing downwind or
lying against each other on other points of sail. On long downwind passages, we always
flew the twin genoa at night since one person could roller-furl it quickly from the cockpit in
case of a squall. By day, we switched over to our Parasailor: a spinnaker-like sail with an
air slot and a lifting “wing” that makes it ridiculously easy to set and fly. We loved this sail
not only for its efficiency, but also for the dampening effect it had on the boat's roll.