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panhead1948
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Initially Posted - 01/15/2013 :  11:42:10  Show Profile
Two years ago I replaced my main and headsail. I bought a new loose footed main and a 135 genoa. I single hand most of the time should I go with a difter or a spinnaker
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  11:46:59  Show Profile
Drifter.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  14:05:40  Show Profile
Is your headsail hanked on or loose?

Do you have an autopilot? Are you comfortable doing sail changes while sailing?
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  15:16:20  Show Profile
I do have autopilot the the headsail is a roller furling genoa.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  16:20:17  Show Profile
I'd go with an asymmetrical spinnaker in a sock. I'll also guess that you won't use it very often when sailing solo. It's a lot easier to use a roller furling sail.

Drifters can either fly loose or go in the place of a genoa. Pulling the sail out of the roller furling solo for a sail change is going to be annoying (I find it hard to feed the sail and manage the halyard at the same time, it's a lot easier with hank-on sails). So that points you to a sail that flies loose. Once it is flying loose you might as well go with the larger size of an asym spinnaker. Using a sock makes it a lot easier to manage the sail solo and if you run the sock lines aft you can even pack it up from the cockpit.

I've flew our asym spinnaker many times with two crew, but never solo. I thought through it and I'm sure I could do it, but if things went wrong it could be messy trying to recover the sail while keeping a safe course.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  19:56:26  Show Profile
What are the prevailing winds for your sailing venue?
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  04:47:28  Show Profile


I bought a drifter used from atlantic sail traders pretty cheep. I have no idea what it was originally off of. gives me room under it to see out and it has a wire luff. Easy to set. It is essentially just another jib made with lighter material and bagged out more. I'd bet a lot of sails will be showing up after Sandy. Been real happy with the drifter on my lake.

I keep my eyes out for a used spinnaker but most are either ugly or cost a lot.

Anyhoo.. let us know what you get..
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  07:42:27  Show Profile
I got our spinnaker off of eBay for under a bit under $500. It was a pretty new North Sails cruising genaker with sock, storage bag, and sheets. New the same package is over $1200, so this seemed like a fair price.

Here it is under sail:


At the same time there was a Catalina branded one going for about the same price. It wasn't as well made (it wasn't tri-radial like the North Sails one) and didn't include the sock.

The used sail brokers didn't have great options here when I was looking. I watched eBay for about 6 weeks before finding a deal.

redeye: How close to the wind can you sail with your drifter?
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  11:33:24  Show Profile
<< redeye: How close to the wind can you sail with your drifter? >>

A lot closer that I would have thought, but I'm afraid I could not estimate well.. maybe 35 degrees. With the apparent wind coming forward it feels like 25.

But the point is it acts much more like a jib, it just will not handle more that 15mph winds or it would blow out.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  11:35:09  Show Profile
<< I got our spinnaker off of eBay for under a bit under $500 >>

wow wet.. that is a pretty sail.. and a great price!
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 01/17/2013 :  09:26:23  Show Profile
Thank you for all the input. Next weekend I'll be going to the Strictly Sail Boat show at Navy Pier. Look at the new 315 and dream.
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 01/19/2013 :  03:44:44  Show Profile
Doug Penland-AKA Arlington on this site will be there.
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