hunter 27' genoa size

[sylvio leblanc]

I am thinking of purchasing new sails for a hunter 27'.The boat came from the factory with a 110% genoa What size of genoa would you recomend withought having to install new genoa lead tracks, new winches or move the stays inward ? I just want the boat to preform better.

 

[Bill Colombo]

Genoa Size

Sylvio, You should be able to fit a 135% roller furling genoa on the Hunter 27 without adding track. If you do have to add a bit of genoa track usually that is a fairly simple and inexpensive job. The winches that you are currently using should be just fine for a slightly larger headsail. No reason to move any other rigging. It should be fairly straightforward. Have a Seafoam Luff Pad installed on the sail you will be able reef the genoa to about a 100% size for windy conditions.Thanks,Bill ColomboDoyle Sailmakers

 

[David Foster]

135 for racing, asymetric for cruising

The 135 is for going to windward in light air - mostly a racing tactic, since cruisers will typically motor into a light wind.But the h27 does not point particularly well, especially our shoal draft model. An asymetric is as good or better than the 135 at 60 degrees off the true wind. With the wind any farther aft, and the asymetric definitely outperforms the 135.Since we are cruisers, we have a Doyle asymetric on our '77 h27. Another big advantage of the asymetric and our furling 110 is that we can shift from light air to heavy weather sails by just dropping the sock on the spinnaker, and unfurling the 110.DavidLady Lillie