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TomA
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Initially Posted - 07/06/2006 :  15:30:07  Show Profile
I owned a Catalina 25 until Hurricane Ivan struck a couple of years ago. Though I now own a Dana 24 I still enjoy reading the posts on this site and keeping up with the Catalina issues. I'm hoping the group will help me with a question.

My boat came with a "drifter". It is an asymmetrical sail. Is a drifter also known as an "asymmetrical spinnaker?"

It has one short line at the tack and a longer line attached at the clew of the sail. I presume these lines are the "guy" and "sheet".


We played with the sail on Sunday and had a ball, treating it like a big genoa. We decided to fly the sail without a pole and it did quite nicely, though it went plop when we decided to drop it.

At any rate, I would appreciate it if someone could give me some advice about handling a drifter.

Thanks.

Tom
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bbriner
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Response Posted - 07/06/2006 :  19:15:13  Show Profile
UK's Encyclopedia of Sails
From http://www.uksocal.com/encyclopedia/encyclopedia4i.html

Drifters
A Drifter is a full-draft, lightweight nylon No. 1 genoa that does away with the frustration and aggravation of sailing in light air. Drifters are a hybrid designed specifically for cruising sailors. Its wind range is from 1-15 knots when the apparent wind angle is 30-90 degrees. It can be used on a run when set wing-and-wing with a whisker pole.

A Drifter is even easier to use than a cruising spinnaker since the sail has the same profile as a genoa. UK can custom-make the luff attachment of a Drifter to fit your furling system, to be used with hanks or set flying. Like a spinnaker or a cruising spinnaker, you have a choice of many colors to mix and match.
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 07/06/2006 :  20:59:05  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I too still love this board and its great group of people. I although went further to the dark side. Ruth my wife and I now live aboard a Formosa 51. With regards to you sail you are correct. They names are one in the same. If you shrimp the sail so to speak drop it into the water when dousing try using a sock. A long tube of fabric pulled down over the sail to douse it.
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