O'day 192 Genoa
Is there a genoa jib for the O'Day 192?
Well, the short answers is "of course". But there are a lot of "if"s.
I have a 135% that was made by cutting down a used Flying Dutchman genoa. The sail was $140 and the local sailmaker charged me $80 to raise the clew so that it would clear the lifelines on the 192. I chose the Flying Dutchman jib since it was made with the wire luff that the furling system on the 192 uses. But there was a problem - the original furler spool didn't have enough capacity to deal with the extra turns caused by the larger sail. A larger Harken furling spool solved that problem for $$$$ but it has since been pointed out to me that if I had just switched to smaller diameter line on the old one, it probably would have worked fine. Live and learn.
The other problem is that the fixed blocks for the jib sheets were too far forward for the bigger sail. Some 192s have tracks instead of fixed blocks but I wasn't that lucky. I attached blocks to short lines that that clip to the lifeline stanchions. The lines make a 90 degree turn and go from there directly to the winches on the cabin top. If your boat doesn't have winches, I suppose you could lead the sheets forward again to the fixed blocks, have the sheet do a 180 there, and go back to the cam cleats.
If money is no object, I think Rudy at D&R will sell you a Genoa on a CDI reefing furler. You will still need to deal with proper placement of the blocks for the sheets and tracks with adjustable blocks are probably the best solution to get good sail shape as you reef the sail down.
The bigger sail does really make a difference in light air, but as you can see, installing one is not a slam-dunk.
