I have sailed on my parents j-30 for many years now and we don't do much racing. However, next year I hope to invest in new sails and get out doing some PHRF sailing on LIS. I have a lot of experience on other boats such as a farr 40 and baltic 43 and j-92. On the j-30 it seems like everyone takes the pole off the mast to jibe. However I would think it would be quicker and easier just to do a dip jibe and get spinaker sheets which have a lazy guy and lazy sheet. Obviously this means rigging the car on the mast differently so its easier to bring up for the jibe, but does anyone dip the pole to jibe ? I would also imagine that this might go against class rules but I don't want to do much one design racing since almost all the regattas around where I am are PHRF.
