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NCBrew
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Initially Posted - 12/02/2010 :  06:20:31  Show Profile
I have a Catalina 25 standard rig, Swing keel and would like to purchase a cruising spinnaker. I guess it is known as a drifter.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/02/2010 :  07:41:17  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
I'd love to have a Asymmetrical but it'll have to wait for a while
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 12/02/2010 :  07:59:13  Show Profile
Watch for one on Ebay. They show up periodically, and are often lightly used and very nice.
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Response Posted - 12/02/2010 :  08:45:03  Show Profile
You might find that things called "drifters" are a bit different from "cruising spinnakers" (or "asymmetricals"). The term "drifter" generally relates to a hanked-on, oversized (160+) genoa made of lighter cloth--often nylon spinnaker cloth--cut flatter than a spinnaker but a little fuller than a genny, for upwind, light air use. But then again, you say tomato and I say tomahto...
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/02/2010 :  12:55:03  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Thanks for clarifying Dave, I thought a "Cruising Spinnaker" would be the standard spinnaker. Also the name "drifter" would seem to me to indicate down wind sailing, so I learned something there too. Have you or anyone else flown a drifter?
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 12/02/2010 :  13:43:25  Show Profile
My friend races with a North pentex (I think) 180% on his Pearson Triton. North says it can tolerate winds up to 20 kt, but I don't think it would be very efficient above about 13-14 kts. It doesn't point as high as a 155, so it has to make up in speed for what it gives up in distance. It's kind of a pain, because it isn't supposed to be folded. It's rolled and kept in a sausage bag about 10 ft. long. For a non-racer, I'd rather have a cruising chute than a drifter, especially for a C25. A cruising chute really perks up an IOR era sailboat like a C25, and it can point surprisingly well. It also sails fairly well downwind, and it's a pretty sail to fly. I think a cruising chute has a wider range of usefulness than a drifter. That's not to say a drifter would never be useful, but most of us can't have lots of sails. If I had to choose between a drifter and a cruising chute, I'd take the cruising chute.

The Triton is a heavy, full-keeled boat, and it needs powerful sails to drive it. A C25 doesn't need a sail like a drifter very often.
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Response Posted - 12/03/2010 :  12:27:53  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
I'm with you on that Steve. Versatile and pretty. I just love that Jim B pic with the Asymm. I've got the new main, 1year old 110 and 2 year old 150, have a used but good storm jib, I think a asymmetrical would complete the catalog!
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