[Public-List] Sails -- What do you carry?

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Jonathan - 

We carry a main… 150 genny on the furler… a 120 genny in a bag below for higher winds to replace the 150… and a 100 tall narrow blade jib that’s good with the main or without in winds up to 30kts

We carry a spinnaker, and when my sons were younger we used to carry an old genny from a smaller yacht we used as a spinnaker stays’l.  We called it ’The Weapon’ and used it mostly because the guys felt like they were really doing something in the very narrow conditions were it could be set.     Alas they’re gown up now and we don’t carry it any more.

Gordon Laco
#426 Surprise




> On Jan 11, 2019, at 4:06 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Been wondering about sails lately.   I've found that the sail inventory on
> Constance is a bit thin.  An old main, a much newer main, an old 165LP
> headsail, a much newer 170LP headsail, an 80LP working jib, and two
> spinnakers.  But when the wind pipes up, the sails inventory doesnt quite
> match.
> 
> Around 12knots or so true, I've been taking a reef in the main.  Around
> 18knots, four turns on the roller furler (sacrilege!) returns the boat to
> about 15d of heel.  22+ and its second reef time.  All from memory.
> 
> Thinking that an additional headsail, something between 165LP and 80LP,
> might be good. Perhaps 135LP.
> 
> So, what do you all carry?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan M Bresler
> S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> Annapolis/Eastport MD
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