[Alberg30] Re:Public-list digest, Vol 1 #465 - 9 msgs

[hughfree at juno.com]

Thanks all for the comments on the Gale sail and storm jibs.  On a previous boat, an Islander 36, we were brushed by an off season typhoon in the S. Pacific near Samoa.  In that case we ran for a while under a 70% heavy weather jib for a while and then bare poles running downwind.  We were doing 6 knots under bare poles.  After that experience it was clear exactly what the I36 needed under all conditions.  I am still in a quandry how to outfit an A30 since I have never been in those conditions in this type of boat.  I have a roller furled 135 genoa which has terrible sail shape when rolled to 90%.  It has no foam luff.  If I had this sail retrofit with a foam luff would it then have sufficient shape to make upwind headway in say 30 knots of wind?  What would a 60 sq ft Gale Sail perform like in 30 knots with a double reefed main?  Would I be miserably underpowered?
My thought is to get the 60 Gail Sail and do the foam luff retrofit on the 135 roller genoa.  What do you all think of this as a solution for not only gales but strong trade wind sailing (like near Panama) in an A30?

Hugh Freebairn
A30 "Aliage"



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