Chuck did you get a furler for your asym? A top-down furler? Guy in my club got one (and an asym) for his Ranger 28 last season and immediately kicked my ass with it. Takes him about a minute to furl his upwind sail, unfurl the asym, and start accelerating.
He built a homemade bowsprit and, though it looks clunky, it works well enough to beat me downwind :) I looked at the Selden sprits too. I may have to join the arms race in my club. Cheers, Randy > On Jan 21, 2021, at 12:12 PM, cenelson via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I’d be interested in how your new sprit changes your PHRF rating. > > I have thought about adding a sprit as well for limited crew racing or > cruising and the Seldon looks well engineered. > > In my case, my anchor roller complicates the matter in terms of fitting the > sprit pole but the rating hit is > is also an issue. > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > > Sent from the all new Aol app for iOS > <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661> > > On Thursday, January 21, 2021, 12:46 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > My two cents: Spartite looks like the best solution however it still needs a > boot to protect from UVs and the price is too high for me. Similar to > PropSpeed, it's a good product but too much money for the benefit offered. > > I'm not cheap. I just ordered a Selden bow sprit kit. Very expensive but > couldn't figure out how to build my own as well engineered. Bought a used > Asym for it last year. The sprit will add some fun to downwind sailing on > Chesapeake Bay and make it easier to solo. > > Chuck >
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