I'm hoping to be in the market for anew RF genoa soon. I'm thinking
about a 150. Can you offer us Catalina owners a quote and delivery date?
Thanks, Mike
Bowick Electric
On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:52 AM, "Judith Blumhorst, DC" <[email protected]
> wrote:
Hi Tim,
(Disclaimer: I work for Hyde Sails, a major sail loft, so I have a
financial interest in selling new sails.)
We need to ask you a few questions:
Where do you sail? Coastal waters? inland lakes? What wind ranges?
In general - hanked on sails don't convert well to roller furling.
And it costs a fair penny to add on a UV sun edge and a tape luff to
a large headsail. You'd be spend about the same money if you
ordered a purpose built RF genoa and off selling the hanked genny.
And you'd have a better shaped sail.
As for RF jibs and genoas - we can generally design a sail that can
be furled to about 70% of its full size. The shape will be
efficient and it will hold its shape well for many years. So a 170%
could theoretically have a nice shape when rolled as small as a
120%, if it were designed properly and had a rope or foam luff pad.
The next problem is the strength of the sail cloth. Smaller sails
used in high winds need to be made of stronger cloth than largerr
sails used in light winds. So cutting or rolling down a 170 to
smaller than 150% isn't a good idea.
We'd generally make a 170% for a C27 out of 4-5 oz dacron, whereas
we;'d make a 150% our of 5-6 oz dacron, a 135% out of 6-7 oz, and a
110% out of 7-8 oz dacron.
So if you use a 170% made of 4+ oz dacron rolled down to 110% (which
should be made of 7+ oz cloth), it's going to get stretched out of
shape very quickly.
Finally, a 170% is a lot of sail to pull from one side to another.
It's probably what used to be called "a drifter". There are newer
designs, usually asymmetricals. It's probably very usable as a
drifter, but I don't know if it's worth investing any money in it.
(Wonder why it's still like new?!?)
Also, many sail lofts will have sales starting in September and
October, so it's a good time to order new sails.
Fair winds,
Judy B
San Francisco Bay and Delta
C27 Tall Rig #3459 "Bijou"
http://www.blumhorst.com/catalina27/catalinahomepage.htm
--- On Mon, 8/16/10, timyoung3333 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: timyoung3333 <[email protected]>
Subject: [IC27A] Bilge Pump / furling sail
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 4:17 AM
Hi folks. I will apologize in advance for the newbie questions. I
just bought a c27 last week. I'm a dinghy sailor that is new to keel
boats.
The bilge pump on my boat is manual - no electric pump, let alone
automated switch. There is only one tube, for the hand pump, running
from the bilge out the back of the boat. Can I simply add an
electric bilge pump in the bilge? Will the electric and manual pump
be fighting each other on the same line? If so, any suggestions for
capacity, brand, or features to look for?
Also, the rigging includes a roller furling. I have a basic jib,
storm jib, and a 170% genoa. Only the base jib is setup for the
furling, the others have hanks. The 170 looks like it has hardly
been used. Is it worth getting this sail converted to use the
furling? Can I use it as the primary sail on the furling and just
pull out only the amount of sail I need for the conditions?
Thanks!
Tim Young
