I've been told it's not possible to use a head sail larger than the 110 because the B&R rig shroud gets in the way. Any thoughts?
Hunter head sail sizes
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This is basically true for any sailboat that has its shrouds out on the hull/deck joint. Three things prevent using a larger sail:
1) Any sail larger than 110% LP would have its leech run into the shrouds.
2) If you try and run the sail around the shrouds the sheeting angle would be wrong. Typically best around 8 degrees, having a genoa track out near the gunwale would make for a too wide angle for effect windward work.
3) The spreader tips are very wide on these types of boats and would stick into any genoa you tried to wrap around them.
But I would not worry. The rigs are generally designed for good performance with the sail area of a jib and a big mainsail. The only point of sail they suffer on is a close reach in light airs. That's what a close reaching spinnaker is for!
1) Any sail larger than 110% LP would have its leech run into the shrouds.
2) If you try and run the sail around the shrouds the sheeting angle would be wrong. Typically best around 8 degrees, having a genoa track out near the gunwale would make for a too wide angle for effect windward work.
3) The spreader tips are very wide on these types of boats and would stick into any genoa you tried to wrap around them.
But I would not worry. The rigs are generally designed for good performance with the sail area of a jib and a big mainsail. The only point of sail they suffer on is a close reach in light airs. That's what a close reaching spinnaker is for!
Very possible. May create wider sheeting angle, some lower pointing, but if you have shoal draft or wing keel it won't matter. I changed from a cutter rig with a100% job to a sloop rig 135. Huge improvement in light air. 37 cutters sheet to the rail so I had loss in pointing.