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

[George Dinwiddie]

Phil,

The A30 Association class rules for sails may be found on 
http://alberg30.org/Assoc/Racing/sails.html but someone else will have 
to explain the measurements to you.

  - George

On 1/11/19 7:24 PM, Phil H via Public-List wrote:
> What are the dimensions of a 100% genny so that I can calculate what the
> percentage is of my foresail?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil Hopewell #517 “Ginger”, LaHave, NS
> 
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 6:14 PM George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> Jonathan,
>>
>> We've got
>>    - a "new" main, over 20 old that we got a deal on because it was
>> accidentally made about 6" short on the foot and the sailmaker had to
>> make another one. An Alberg 30 main doesn't come close to fitting other
>> boats.
>>    - a "new" #1 genoa (165% or 170%) that I got second-hand from Harry
>> Gamber and used to beat him once.
>>    - a ~135% jib with a high-cut foot. I *love* this sail when there is
>> reasonable wind. It's easy to tack when I'm single-handed and lets me
>> see forward under it. Billy Johnson sold it to me, hardly used, when he
>> decided he'd rather race his boat than cruise it.
>>    - a working jib that came new with the boat. We've only used it a
>> couple times, but it was wonderful running downwind in 40+ knots.
>>    - a symmetrical spinnaker that came new with the boat that still works
>> well, even occasionally as a cruising sail
>>    - a riding sail that I sometimes put up the backstay to inhibit the
>> boat tacking back and forth on the bow when at anchor.
>>
>>     George
>>
>> On 1/11/19 4:06 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List 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
>>>
>>
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   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
   So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
                'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
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