[Public-List] Working Jib and Inner Jib Tracks

[Michael]

I have a working jib that sheets to the inner jib track. I had it built 
many years ago in Texas and do not know what the measurements are, but i 
am sure that I used the dimensions listed in the Manual. It is a 
wonderful sail and is without battens. I had a set of reefpoints put in 
it (when built) but have never used those.
Anyway, it seems to me the Sailmakers are covering their, umm, bases in 
considering battens. If the leech is hollow cut (with maybe a leech line 
for good measure), well, battens are used to support a roach-the 
opposite of hollow cut. Since presumably a jib is set because of high 
winds, no roach is desired.
I have a lot of respect for a skilled sailmaker-beats me how they get 
the airfoil shape without flapping, but they do. I have a #2 genoa I 
ordered with a full luff, the top 10' or so is really slender-it has 
proper shape-no battens.

Michael Grosh
#220

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Subject: [Public-List] Working Jib and Inner Jib Tracks

>Hi
>I want to get a new working jib for my boat
>I thought about using the measurements on the class sails
><http://www.alberg30.org/Assoc/Racing/sails.html> page but I'm not sure
>that it will sheet properly to the inner jib tracks. Also a couple
>sailmakers have commented that a sail so tall and skinny would need
>battens, which I would like to avoid.
>
>Do any of you have a working Jib that you sheet inside the shrouds to 
>the
>inner jib tracks on the side decks?
>do you know what the measurements for that sail are?
>
>Thanks
>
>Hernan
>#414
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