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SeabirdSkipper
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Initially Posted - 09/23/2003 :  22:21:37  Show Profile
I have a fairly new to me '84 swing keel with a standard rig and a standard (translate unexciting) headsail. I have taken care of a lot of the basic maintenance -- just repaced all of the standing rigging b/c of some cracked swage fittings -- and added roller furling in the process. For a former dinghy sailor, that's just the coolest thing! Now of course, I am thinking I want to add to my sail inventory. Any thoughts on the relative merits of a more traditional genoa vs the slightly snazzier genaker (which I admit having no idea how to fly!)??
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 :  11:43:10  Show Profile
While a genaker (aka: cruising spinnaker, flasher, assymetrical chute, et al) is a great sail for broad reaching, it is not a practical all around sail. My advice for your second headsail would probably be a drifter jib - possibly set flying since you have a furler.

The drifter jib normally would be about a 155% genoa cut sail - but made out of 1.5 oz spinnaker cloth (ripstop nylon). It will fill in breezes as light as 3 knots (2 knots if you use light weight sheets). It performs very well up to around 7 or 8 knots of breeze. For winds above 8 or so, you'll want to douse the drifter and unfurl your "normal" jib.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839
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