Randy:
What do you mean when you say "rigged"? I have an asym, but I just use
my spin pole set all the way forward and as low as possible. Do you have one
of those pole gizmos?
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Tacking Down an Asym on a 30 MK I
Hi Mike,
Yes Grenadine is rigged for symmetrical spinnaker and I fly it in some races.
I’m still at a disadvantage in speed of setting sails without furlers.
I would be surprised if TSL would need to be greater than 13.5’!
Cheers,
Randy
> On May 15, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Randy
>
> You may take a rating hit for having a sprit on the boat for this. The
> measurement will be Total Sprit Length (TSL) and if that exceeds J there is
> usually an adjustment.
>
> Have you considered a symmetrical spinnaker? The 30 was designed for one and
> the downwind angles would clobber a Ranger 28 flying an asym tacked at bow.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike Hoyt
> Persistence
> Halifax, NS
>
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> Cc: Randy Stafford <[email protected]>
> Subject: Stus-List Tacking Down an Asym on a 30 MK I
>
> Listers-
>
> A guy in my yacht club has started an arms race by adding an asym with a
> top-down furler to his Ranger 28. Wednesday night in light air I beat him to
> the windward mark by a minute or two, then he hoisted his asym and dropped me
> like a bad habit. He beat me by five minutes corrected time in a one-hour
> race despite spotting me 12 sec/mile with his new adjusted rating
> (demonstrating yet again that ratings don’t necessarily account for
> performance differences). It was an eye-opening demonstration.
>
> So now I’m thinking I need an asym to compete. I know a guy who flew one on
> a 30 MK I. He welded a bracket forward of the stem, to fasten a tack line
> block, and had a sock instead of a furler. If I want to compete with this
> Ranger 28, I’ll have to add two furlers (one on the forestay and one for the
> asym) to be able to set sails as fast as him. So I can’t just shackle an
> asym tack line block to the spare headsail shackle on the stem, and
> hoist/douse the asym using a sock. I need a tack point forward of the stem
> to accommodate a furler.
>
> Thus my question to you listers: any experience with adding a bowsprit or
> bracket etc. to your C&C for tacking down an asymmetrical spinnaker? I did
> some reading last night on after-market bowsprits (e.g. Selden), but of
> course wanted to check with the collective wisdom on Stu’s list. Any advice
> or recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Stafford
> S/V Grenadine
> C&C 30 MK I #79
> Ken Caryl, CO
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