Barry,
Thanks for the vote of confidence and yes I am well aware of R JMS -
been seeing way too much of her transom !! Drop by the boat, we will be
in Mitchell Park Marina for the Fall Off Soundings flying a large Texas
flag due to my son boarding Fireball with his Viper 830 crew from
Dallas. (Given the nanny states lifts the 14 day quarantine restrictions.}
Don Kern
/Fireball/ C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 5/15/2020 10:18 PM, Barry Lenoble via CnC-List wrote:
Hello,
Regarding spinnakers for racing - you didn’t write (or maybe I just
missed) if you are currently using a spinnaker now or not. If you’re
currently a Jib and Main (JAM) boat and you’re trying to race against
spinnaker boats, you will not do well (especially in light air).
If you are JAM and looking to enter the spinnaker fleet then I would
suggest going to asymm sails over standard square sails, spin pole, up
haul, downhaul, guys, blah blah blah.
If you are currently flying a chute then I suggest you spend more time
working on that before you scrap everything and go to asym sails.
I do most of my racing on a C&C 35. First - listen to Don. I have
raced against Fireball many times and he knows what he is doing (Don,
in case you are reading I race on R JMS, the white boat from Port
Jefferson, NY). We raced with standard spinnakers for years and did
well. A few years ago the owner changed to asym sails and a Selden
sprit, and we have never looked back. Depending on conditions,
sometimes the asym has an advantage and other times the square chute
does. But the asym is easier to set, jibe, trim, and douse than the
square chute. We used to need 6-7 guys to race in breezy conditions.
Now we do it with 4-5 guys. No pole to worry about, no guys, no
worrying about gibing the pole, etc.
Last point, I have never seen a real fast boat use a sock or a furler.
I’m sure there are some out there, but for a fully crewed boat there
is no way a sock or furler would be faster than just a standard set
and douse. In light to regular conditions we douse down the front
hatch. Helm steers down, tack line released, foredeck grabs tack line
and passes to crew in the V Berth. Halyard is eased and the chute
pulled into the boat. In windy conditions we do a letter box take
down. I’m usually in the back of the boat tending the main so I can’t
tell you how exactly we do that one, I try to stay out of the way,
Around here racing is on hold for now and that makes me sad.
Good luck.
Barry
Barry Lenoble
Deep Blue C - C&C 110
Mt. Sinai, NY
Barry. Sent from iPad
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