I have a chance to get a good deal ($100.00) on a spinnaker from a Catalina 25. Is it possible to resize it to fit the 22, or am I better off buying one already sized to fit ?
For $100 it had to be a symmetrical. No one would sell an asymmetric for that. People almost give away old kites.Ah, symmetrical. Never mind.
Agree with Jackdaw.
That might be harder in your case, and you will have to look for a close size.Looking for a good deal on a Spinnaker for my Hunter 31. Can't seem to find any worth a damn for bargain prices.
And given it's oversize length (height), odds are before too long you would run over it and wrap it around the bottom of the boat.It will be way to big as is. 4 feet too tall and close to 6 feet too wide.
It might be able to be cut down, but it would require cutting all three sides, added new tapes and corners. Not worth it.
I flew a symetric for years back then and would like to again!That might be harder in your case, and you will have to look for a close size.
Back in the 70s and 80s thousands of cat27s where build and sold, most with a symmetrical spinnaker, because that's how people sailed. Now 98% of these boats sail without a spinnaker, or with a asymmetric. The old kites sit in their bag gathering dust.
Hard to get a good deal on an asymmetric, everyone wants them.