[Public-List] Jib Tracks

[Jonathan Adams]

ok my two cents on the working jib...

Even when it is blowing 15 - 20 knots, this sail can be useful of you are working up wind, on short tacks (as in a river). The little sail pulls well, and tacks really easily - which is great if it is just you on the boat. Or in my case just me with a crew of sub 10 year olds.

Also, at least going up wind, I am not sure you are sacrificing much in the way of speed versus the next sail up - which for me is a 130. What I had done prior to this was reef the main and use the 130, but I seemed to be going as fast with a lot less stress on the boat with a full main and little jib, and the boat was better balanced / easier to sail.

I used mine for the first time last year, and was wondering why I had not pulled it out sooner. 

Jonathan

----- Original Message ----
From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 5:14:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Jib Tracks


J 
Bergquist 
wrote:
> 
I 
definitely 
understand 
and 
agree 
with 
that. 
If 
I 
were 
caught 
beating
> 
against 
a 
40 
knot 
gale 
I 
would 
definitely 
want 
to 
have 
the 
working 
jib 
up
> 
and...um...working.

Pat 
Drenning 
tells 
about 
a 
racing 
lecture 
he 
went 
to, 
where 
the 
lecturer 
told 
the 
assembled 
racers, 
"Don't 
under-estimate 
the 
cruisers.  
They're 
the 
ones 
who 
have 
to 
get 
home 
in 
weather 
you 
won't 
go 
out 
in."

> 
I'm 
just 
saying 
that 
most 
folks 
(including 
me) 
don't 
even 
have 
a 
working
> 
jib. 
So 
the 
idea 
of 
restoring 
working 
jib 
tracks 
when 
you 
don't 
own 
such 
a
> 
sail 
seems 
to 
be 
a 
slight 
mis-prioritization... 
Andrew 
brought 
this 
up 
and 
I
> 
thought 
it 
was 
a 
good 
point. 
Check 
sail 
inventory 
before 
messing 
with
> 
working 
jib 
tracks...right. 
Good 
call.

Or, 
possibly, 
correct 
the 
sail 
inventory.  
Our 
working 
jib 
isn't 
great 
(it's 
original 
with 
the 
boat), 
but 
I'm 
very 
glad 
to 
have 
it 
on 
board. 
I've 
only 
used 
it 
a 
few 
times.

> 
Fact 
is 
that 
even 
though 
our 
boats 
are 
designed 
for 
offshore 
use, 
the 
vast
> 
majority 
of 
us 
are 
not 
using 
them 
for 
offshore 
sailing. 
So 
the 
working 
jib
> 
tracks 
are 
probably 
not 
the 
most 
important 
part 
of 
the 
boat 
to 
worry 
about
> 
restoring, 
for 
most 
owners... 
Offshore 
sailors 
of 
course 
want 
to 
make 
sure
> 
they 
have 
both 
a 
working 
jib 
and 
a 
working 
track.

I 
would 
have 
thought 
that 
our 
boats 
were 
designed 
for 
Great 
Lakes 
use. 
In 
any 
event, 
you 
can 
get 
serious 
weather 
on 
both 
the 
Great 
Lakes 
and 
the 
Chesapeake 
Bay.  
We 
often 
get 
complacent 
on 
the 
bay 
because 
it's 
generally 
so 
benign.  
That 
can 
change 
in 
a 
relatively 
short 
order.

  
- 
George

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I 
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days  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
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Dinwiddie
  
 
I 
think 
how 
evening 
follows 
morn;  
  
  
  
  
  
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So 
many 
I 
loved 
were 
not 
yet 
dead,  
  
  
  
  
 
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So 
many 
I 
love 
were 
not 
yet 
born.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
'The 
Middle' 
by 
Ogden 
Nash
  
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