[C320-list] Genoa Track

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Light winds, 5-10kn...stuff we see a lot here..the weight of the sail AND
sheets (people always install nice Mylar jennies and put on the same
sheets that came from the factory and that is just silly)


                                                                          
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Orlando,
What are you considering light winds?  And was the issue due to the weight
of the sail or is it due to the overlap and being blanketed by the main?
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
---- Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
> I had a 150% UK Tape Drive Genoa...great in all wind conditions but
light
> winds, poled out was specially good!
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> For successful racing, I believe it's essential to have a lightweight
150
> or 155 in your inventory. Our boats are on the heavy side and seem to
> perform best in light air with a big, lightweight genoa. I bought my
> laminated mylar 150 from Nuclear Sails in Tampa about five years ago.
It's
> still going strong and shows little wear. Nuclear makes a unique looking
> sail in that it's clear and you can see right though it. I also have a
> mylar mainsail from Nuclear. The tracks on our boats are fine and allow
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> reasonable range of adjustment. I've found the 150 to be effective poled
> out on downwind legs when we don't declare a spinnaker.
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> Peter Clancy
> AROBAN  C320  #222
> Miami, FL
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>   From: Dave Moores<mailto:dmoores at cogeco.ca>
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>   Our local PHRF now allows a 155% genoa with no penalty, so I have
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>   conviced myself I need a new synthetic racing sail!
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>   Is anyone using a 155%?  Does the track go back far enough?
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>   (If anyone has the precise measurements to give the sailmaker I would
>   cetainly appreciate getting a copy).
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>   Thanks All
>   Dave Moores
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