Identifying spare sails

moondance5003 · Jun 29, 2005

Patrick,

I'm no expert but I believe you can tell what you have by measuring
the foot of the sail. The distance on a Vega, from the forestay to the
mast is ten feet, give or take a little. If the length of your sail
foot is ten feet, it's a 100 percent jib, or working jib. A thirteen
footer would be a 130 percent jib or Genoa. Etc. Etc. Again I'm not
100 percent certain on this. As for the chutes, that's a good question
that I'll be wanting to hear from the rest of the group on because I
really don't know.

Robert

xxxblister · Jun 29, 2005

Yes, we need considerably more information to be of any help I'd say.
In addition to the (original) roller furling main the sail plan shows
4 different sized jibs from storm jib to genoa size. It sounds like
you have a chute (kite, spinnaker, whatever you want to call it).
If I recall correctly somewhere I saw that you could also fly
something called a drifter (blooper?) but I've never seen one so I
dunno what it would look like. I always assumed they were additional
names meaning VERY LIGHT AND HUGE spinnaker. May the group enlighten
me if I am mistaken. Anyway, some measurements would go a long way
towards ID-ing your sails.
Cheers!
Andy
www.andyt13.com

mphalv · Jun 30, 2005

Our "drifter/reacher" differs from a spinnaker by attaching at the bow
similar to any other jib. The drifter will have a wire luft but a spinnaker will
not. I do like it for light summer days, easy up and down, and no more care
than a jib.

Paul
Double Fantasy

xxxblister · Jun 30, 2005

Thanks! I had often wondered about that. So many funny different names
for the same things! Cheers.
Andy

stevebirch2002 · Jul 2, 2005

Hi Patrick

Dont worry, the Vega will right itself everytime. The keel will insist!!
Many have circumnavigated and a few have been rolled in hurrican type winds
but always they will come up, the laws of physics insist on this unless of
course the keel comes off but having an encapsulated keel should take any of
your worries away!!

Glad Jonesta is sailing again and enjoying the winds of the Eastern Med.
Keep it up Patrick.

Cheers

Steve Birch Vega "Southern Comfort" V1703

Identifying spare sails

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