[alberg30] Cruising spinnakers and such

[Forhan, Thomas]

From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>

Last year I bought a "cruising" spinakker from JSI in Florida, which you can
access via http://www.sailnet.com/store/ .

It was about $850 including a sock, part of the deal is they -as do some
other firms, ask around- have made up some stock sizes and you are buying
off the shelf. One size was about a 34 foot luff, so ok for an A30. They
only come in one color combination: red, white and blue, and are made in the
far east.

I wanted to keep things simple and I also did not want to invest in the
hardware- like the pole- associated with a true spinnaker. The disadvantage
is if you want to head dead downwind, this set up is not the greatest.
Still, I find that I can make good speed with this sail broad reaching, so
we just tack downwind and have a nice sail. 

If my boat already had all the hardware, I might have done something
different, but this sail has worked out well for us and is a lot of fun.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: SandersM at aol.com [mailto:SandersM at aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 12:19 AM
> To: alberg30 at onelist.com
> Subject: [alberg30] Cruising spinnakers and such
> 
> 
> From: SandersM at aol.com
> 
> I have no -- zero -- interest in racing with spinnakers.  
> Still, there are 
> those days when a lightweight yet manageable sail, tacked at 
> the bow and 
> controlled as a genoa, might make the boat move.  
> 
> Does anyone on the list have any experience with such sails, and any 
> suggestions?  Is it possible, or likely, that one can be 
> bought used through 
> Bacon or elsewhere?  Does Bacon have a Web site?
> 
> All advice (as always) is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sanders McNew
> WILD ELF  (# 297)
> Oyster Bay, New York
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