[C320-list] asymetric spinnaker or genneker

[Steve Magennis]

Irv:

What you really need is a whisker or a spinnaker pole for going down
wind.  An A-Sail is also limited in how deep it can sail to about 150 -
160 degrees true before it also starts to collapse just like your jib.

With a whisker pole, you can run between 120 and 150 deg. off the wind
with the genoa poled out to the leeward side.  Beyond 150 degrees, you
pole the genny out to windward and sail wing-on-wing.

Either a whisker or a spinnaker pole is MUCH less expensive than an
asymmetrical spinnaker, and will give you a lot of the advantages for
down wind sailing.  (recognizing that a spinnaker WILL be faster and
will fill in lighter winds than a genoa needs).

Steve
(Former) Alchemist C-30T #4764
(Soon to be former) Alchemist C-320 #909
(Soon to be) Alchemist C-380 #71

--- Irv Grunes <igrunes at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> List,
> Last time we sailed the wind was dead douwn wind and our 135 Genoa
> would not
> fill at anything better than 120 and it kept flopping when the wind
> dropped.
> 
> Looking into an asymetric with a snuffer and a tacker.
> 
> 1. What success has anyone had with this kind of system?
> 
> 2. How close to dead downwind can you sail?
> 
> 3. Is the system simple enough to deploy that you pull it out of the
> bag
> often enough to make it worthwhile?
> 
> 4. Looking for dimensions of the asymetric, source and about how much
> the
> asymetric cost.
> 
> Does anyone have one for sale??
> 
> Irv Grunes
> Isle of Wight #851
> 
> 
> 
> 



       
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