[Public-List] New genoa

[John Boor via Public-List]

Stephen.

I would strongly advise you to talk directly to a sail maker regarding
size and cloth weight.  We all have our own opinions which could confuse
you, talk to the experts.

John Boor
Ex #380 MAHSEER

> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking of buying a new genoa.
>
> I don't have roller furling; I use hanks. I need to be
> able to put the sail in a cockpit locker with the working
> jib and the storm jib.
>
> This is going to be a light air sail to use below 10 to 12 knots
> and the typical sunny Saturday around here is really more like 5 knots.
>
> In a perfect world, it would be alternating white and blue stripes
> as jibs often were back in the 1950s and 60s. Something like:
> http://www.pbase.com/image/96014227
>
> My present genoa came to me used off an older Alberg 30. It's
> diaphanous. It flies in the lightest of breezes and stuffs
> into a tiny bundle. However it also has holes, stretches
> visibly in more than 8 knots and is of marginal use going to
> weather.
>
> So who has suggestions as to dimensions, sailcloth type and
> sailcloth weight?
>
> SG
>
>
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