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

[Brian and Elaine Timmins]

Even with the foam luff the 135% won't be great when furled to a 90%. Better
than not having the foam, but not great. (I've got a foam luff on mine)
Other than that, I think your plan is OK.
Brian    #497      (off to Atlantic City Show)
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Subject: [Alberg30] Re:Public-list digest, Vol 1 #465 - 9 msgs


> 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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