Consider a cruising spinnaker
A racing genny is superior only when sailing to windward in light air. An asymetric cruising spinnaker is a better sail for most other light air uses. (At 60 degrees off the wind with ours on our '77 h27.) For those of us who cruise, going to windward in light air most often involves the "iron genny" anyway. Have a look at the Doyle APC on this site for more description. That's the sail we have. By the way, another big advantage of using a cruising spinnaker is that when the wind picks up, you can easily drop the sock on it, and immediately unfurl a headsail (we have a 110) designed for heavier weather. With a big genny, this would involves getting the big genny down, and hoisting the smaller sail - more than most of us cruisers really want to do. The result is that many cruisers are sailing on over furled, shapeless gennies when the wind gets ofer 15 knots. David Lady Lillie
