[Public-List] Twin down wind jibs

Glennb brooks.glenn at comcast.net
Sun Apr 8 18:56:33 PDT 2012


Don,Wonderful video. It looks like your jibs are around 110% 
- 120 %??  Iam trying to figure out if I should buy another genoa.  is 140% to much sail in your experience?

Thanks
Glenn P
dolce 318

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On Apr 8, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Jeffrey <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don,
> 
> How did you set this up? I read your description but could not follow.
> Did you run the two jibs each with separate hanks up the stay, or sew
> the second sail onto the hanks of the first (for just one set of
> hanks)??
> 
> -jeff
> 
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Don Lang <potatosailor at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> here's a video of the twin head sails I flew in the trades sailing to Hawaii from San Diego
>> 15-25 kts wind
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEMwv0QPOfo
>> 
>> Cheers, Don
>> 
>> 
>> anybody have a suggestion for what size is best for  poled out twin down wind jibs?  I have a 110 lapper and a new 140 genoa. would like to match one of these sails for downwind work in lieu of a spinnaker, but am unsure how much sail area to put up. (trade winds from 10-25 kts)
>> 
>> Thanks
>> glenn p
>> Dolce 318
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