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However, he has modified the rig on his M20, Layla, so that the sheets on a big furling genoa run to large blocks mounted on the transom outer corners before returning to the winches, as pictured above. This provides a finer sheeting angle inside the rails. He advises that he probably points another 5 or 10 degrees higher as a result but even so still tacks through about 110 degrees, or worse into a sea.

Chris also suggests that if he knows he is going to be tacking to windward for a while, he brings the unused windward sheet inside the masthead shroud which again narrows the sheeting angle further. After tacking it is then possible to do the same with the opposite sheet .