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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 01/14/2008 : 19:29:11

This was shot from a spectator boat, it is of a couple of Wednesday nite racers at our club.
She has a point!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0db7lRfptc

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 01/14/2008 : 19:31:12

And it's a Good point!

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 01/14/2008 : 21:07:31

How much $?

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 01/14/2008 : 21:16:53

$1000+ for a C25 at Catalina Direct.

C250 Poleless Cruising Spinnaker w/sheets $1,789 at Gulf Island Catalina.

C250 Poleless Cruising Spinnaker w/sheets $2,044 at St Louis Sailing.

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frog0911
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Response Posted - 01/14/2008 : 23:04:54

And that is why I don't own one. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 01/15/2008 : 01:42:40

I'll pass.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/15/2008 : 06:31:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Blackburn
 I'll pass.
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Not without a spinnaker!

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 01/15/2008 : 06:33:36

I used a J-24 spinnaker for 4 years until I purchased a used Shields (same specs as ours) for 300 bucks. If your just cruising that isn't a bad alternative. the J-24 kites were 100 bucks and I sailed them as both symmetrical and asymetrical spins. Sailing a symetrical as an A-kite takes some rigging ingenuity, but there are also a number of used Asyms for sale at lofts all around the country. Do a google search on used sails or check out some of these links for used lofts.
http://www.sailingtexas.com/csails.html
One word of caution on used sails - rate them 1 level lower than whatever the website shows for quality and make sure there is a return policy.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/15/2008 : 06:58:17

If you want to buy a nice spinnaker for a good price, keep an eye on ebay. Last winter, I bought an old, but very nice, lightly used symetrical spinnaker for my C&C, with no tears or repairs for $200. This winter, I bought a beautiful, virtually new cruising chute, including spinnaker sock, for $1000. While I was looking for mine, I frequently saw very nice chutes that would fit a C25 for $200-$400. If I'd known about ebay while I owned my C25, I would definitely have had at least a cruising chute for it.

If you've never bought anything on ebay, you need to watch some sales of the type of item you're looking for, and keep track of sales prices and conditions, so you'll know what prices you'll have to pay to win an auction.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/15/2008 : 10:35:35

Regarding Ebay, also pay lots of attention to the person's rating who's selling the item. I've only had a couple of bad experiences on Ebay, and both were from people with questionable ratings. I've learned my lesson.

Regarding spinnakers, the PO lamented that our spinnaker cost him $250 per use, and he told us that he'd only used it 3x so I presume that he paid about $750 for it. We've never had occasion to fly it yet, so I'm not even sure who makes it. However, I do know that he won the 2004 nationals with it...

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andy
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Response Posted - 01/16/2008 : 11:01:01

If you're thinking about a spinnaker and don't have experience flying one, I suggest you seriously consider getting a sock with it. It makes launching and dousing it a piece of cake. I've learned from experience that sometimes you want to be able to douse it IMMEDIATELY, especially if you're gonna use it in a race... or when reaching down a lee shore (dumb) when a puff hits.

. I single hand mine all the time...I wouldn't do it without the sock.

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