Just did my first race (whitesail) and came second...just 4 seconds out of first. Our 36' Beneteau has a cruising spinnaker and were wondering just how we might do against all those with a traditional spinnakers. We were thinking about taking the race thing to another level and if we were to buy a spinnaker and the pole and the misc rigging, how much might we expect to pay? What weight of cloth is considered an all purpose sail fabric if we only had enough money to buy one spinnaker. Comments...
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Let's see,,,
The spinnaker cloth needs to be 10 ounce. Yep, that's best, don't want the sail to fly too high. The pole needs to be as big as the mast. About the same length too. And don't mess with rope, go with chain. It's much stronger with that heavy duty fabric. See ya in the winners circle. And money? Why worry?
The spinnaker cloth needs to be 10 ounce. Yep, that's best, don't want the sail to fly too high. The pole needs to be as big as the mast. About the same length too. And don't mess with rope, go with chain. It's much stronger with that heavy duty fabric. See ya in the winners circle. And money? Why worry?
Phil, If you are racing windward/leeward courses the asail is going to get run over by the symetrical chutes. On a reaching course you stand a much better chance of being competative. For Long Island, a .5oz chute will do just fine. As you gain experience and can sail with a chute in heavier breeze you will want to have a 1.5oz aswell. I would suggest buying your first couple of spinnakers from one of the many used sail traders like Bacon Sails or Atlantic Sail Traders. These chutes will be great for practice and at very reasonable prices. http://www.usedsails.com http://www.baconsails.com
Good chuckle - good ol' Fred
That was the best hee-haw I've had in a while on this site. Nice that a few of the good old boys have a sense of humour. Some of the new kids should do some research before tempting us eh?
That was the best hee-haw I've had in a while on this site. Nice that a few of the good old boys have a sense of humour. Some of the new kids should do some research before tempting us eh?
food for thought
I have an asmymetrical (and a symetrical) and have flown the asymetrical effectively as a symetrical, using the pole and sheet/guy lines. Have done it both with the tack and clew as the "guy end". Have done it when wind shifts have moved the wind aft and we did not want to "tack downwind". Probably not quite as effective as the symetrical but on short courses, saves the time required to change from the asymetrical to the symetrical.
I have an asmymetrical (and a symetrical) and have flown the asymetrical effectively as a symetrical, using the pole and sheet/guy lines. Have done it both with the tack and clew as the "guy end". Have done it when wind shifts have moved the wind aft and we did not want to "tack downwind". Probably not quite as effective as the symetrical but on short courses, saves the time required to change from the asymetrical to the symetrical.
Exactly what Neil Pryde said/
Neil Pryde made the same comment. Might also consider a light air spinnaker too. Thanks
Neil Pryde made the same comment. Might also consider a light air spinnaker too. Thanks
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