I sail out of Mathews County, mostly in the bay waters off Gwynn's Island. I have been using a hanked-on 115% as my working jib/genoa. (I have a 170 that's been hoisted once in the nine years I've sailed the boat, but that's another story.) Like you, I don't relish doing a lot of sail changing, and, the First Mate prefers to keep the boat <20 degrees -- way less. In fact, we don't leave the slip if the winds are predicted above 15 kts (ALRIGHT YOU GUYS, QUIT LAUGHING!)
Given all the above, I have found the 115 to be quite satisfactory. Most days we're good 4 to 5.5 kts; a little slower hard to windward or on a dead run. So, I would suggest something a little larger than 100%, but not much.
I have recently installed a RF rig and bought an off-the-shelf Rolly Tasker sail from The Sail Warehouse. It was not the stock C27 RF genny. I had to purchase it in the size most closely fitting my RF hardware. It measures out to about 120%. Being a new sail I expect it heel less in a given wind than the old blown-out 115. I haven't taken it out yet; perhaps next week. We'll see.
As for a used sail, used RF sails are not nearly as available as hanked sails. The word I hear is that it's the racers that trade sails every couple of years, while, RF implys cruisers who will carry their canvas until it falls apart. Say, isn't that what happened to you? :-)
My couple of pennies.
Fair winds,
Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784
Mathews Yacht Club, VA (37°27.8' N / 76°18.6' W)
http://ww.mathewsyachtclub.com/
"Jeffery L. Sheler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
.... I'm ready to go to a smaller working jib. I'm thinking in the 90-100
range. This will be on a Schaefer furler, as was my genoa
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