On Mon, 5/1/17, bushmark4--- via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C in general
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Date: Monday, May 1, 2017, 11:58 AM
Alan, I am glad to hear you do
well with the 105;
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C in general
Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compare your VMG with t
From: Kurt Heckert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C in general
1 question, what wind conditions are you sailing in? It makes
1 question, what wind conditions are you sailing in? It makes a difference.
Kurt Heckert
C 35 mk II
Heart & Soul
On Mon, 5/1/17, Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C in general
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From: ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Sent: Mon, May 1, 2017 3:49 pm
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C in general
Speed is
Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compare your VMG with two
different size sails. Even if you were to sail slower with a smaller sail,
but point higher, you could get around the course faster with a better
handicap. You can sail with jib alone, but with much less power. When you
tack
My 35/3 was up to a knot faster with a 155 over a 135 in 6-8 knots of
wind. I would never cruise with that sail! If I were building a cruising
jib for it I would probably go with a 120.
Fee advice. You get what you pay for!
Joel
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:58 PM, bushmark4--- via CnC-List <
Alan, I am glad to hear you do well with the 105; I have always heard that our
boats get their power from the headsail, and was thus reluctant to go below a
130; however, if I understand your experience, you do as well with a smaller
headsail as with a larger one.I notice most, if not all
