[C320-list] Dutchman system

Wed Mar 12 09:43:12 PDT 2008

I was not commenting on the relative performance merits of the lazy jack
system, my comment was that one should never say "I'm a cruiser and not a
racer so  therefore I don't worry too much about performance"....my
feeling is if you sail, you should want to make your boat perform
optimally at all times and never give in to a "cruiser mentality" where
slower is ok...Even if I go out for a daysail, and I see Bellezza, Spring
Fever, Sueleen Too or any other sailing buddy, as far as I'm concerned,
the race is on!! :) That mentality is really what has kept all of us
competitive in races and also given us the ability to know what makes our
respective boats go fast...or not! :)

cuba libre 3 is essentially a cruising boat but my co-skipper and I have
spent the last couple of evening discussing the merits of purchasing
either a Spectra w/ Kevlar tape UK sail or a Quantum Fusion-M 135%
genoa...why, because when we leave for our 10-year cruise, we want to go
as fast as possible from port-to-port...so the question we ask is this, is
$6,500 for either of these two sails worth it? Answer, hell yes!! and so
it goes...

Now, I started looking at asym spin furlers + a UK Flasher to go on it =
$2,000 for the furler + $3,400 for a UK Matrix Asym Flasher---the madness
never ends does it? :)

cuba libre 3

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OD,

So does a lazy jack impact performance? It's still a fully battened sail
but
I though the permanent sail cover might be an issue.

CRA
Rosebud #882

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From: <Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:31 PM
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2 things:

Just because you don't race you should never compromise on performance

Once you get a boom furler, cost will be the last thing on your mind, it's

wonderful
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OD

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----- Original Message -----
From:  [crashley at gte.net]
Sent: 03/11/2008 10:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dutchman system

I would consider a lazy jack set up. I would prefer it over my Dutchman,
actually. Less work uncovering and covering. Not sure about the
performance
hit but then I don't race.

Of course you could go for a boom-furler... that wouldn't suck, except for
the cost.

CRA
Rosebud #882

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Culbertson" <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>; <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dutchman system

>
> http://www.mvbinfo.com/images/sf_om_b-c.pdf
>
> There is a table on page 2 of this document from the Dutchman website
> which
> could be helpful.
>
> -bill
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Scott Thompson <sthompson at toad.net>
> To: c320-list at catalina320.org
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:57:32 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Dutchman system
>
> Replacing my main this year and the sailmaker is suggesting that I
> switch from the two nylon line system with adjustable "continuous loop"
> topping lift to a single line topping lift with three nylon lines.  Is
> anyone out there using a 3 nylon line system?  Sailmaker says the 3 line
> system is per specs from Dutchman.  This will be a full batten main.
>
> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, 653
>

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