Mariner Sails Vs Daysailer Sails
- Thread starter bigduke6
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You could do this, but know that the Day Sailer has less sail area than the Mariner.
I, J, P, E measurements for both are here:
Mariner: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=41
Day Sailer: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=3338
My GP14 is a shorter sail than on my Harpoon. One time, I sailed the Harpoon with the GP14 main. Because the main was smaller, it looked like I had a reef in. Got some folks confused, because it was a light wind day, and I just wanted to see if I could do it anyway. Since then, I bought new sails for the Harpoon, and added a reef point to the main, so haven't sailed with the GP14 main again.
I, J, P, E measurements for both are here:
Mariner: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=41
Day Sailer: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=3338
My GP14 is a shorter sail than on my Harpoon. One time, I sailed the Harpoon with the GP14 main. Because the main was smaller, it looked like I had a reef in. Got some folks confused, because it was a light wind day, and I just wanted to see if I could do it anyway. Since then, I bought new sails for the Harpoon, and added a reef point to the main, so haven't sailed with the GP14 main again.
I have both a Day Sailer II and a Mariner. Both boats use the same boom, so the mainsail foot is not a problem. The DSII has 145sf of sail total, the Mariner has 185sf.
On the recently completed Texas 200, I sailed my Mariner. I carried on board my DSII sails as spares since my Mariner sails are about 40 years old. My sailmaker told me the Mariner sails still had plenty of life in them for cruising. I thought the DSII sails would be good to use if the wind was also higher than expected as they also have two sets of reef points (I had two sets of reef points added to the Mariner main). I also figured I could use the jib as a storm jib.
John
On the recently completed Texas 200, I sailed my Mariner. I carried on board my DSII sails as spares since my Mariner sails are about 40 years old. My sailmaker told me the Mariner sails still had plenty of life in them for cruising. I thought the DSII sails would be good to use if the wind was also higher than expected as they also have two sets of reef points (I had two sets of reef points added to the Mariner main). I also figured I could use the jib as a storm jib.
John