I tend to agree with Walt. A very successful racer friend of mine told me you
never change down to a #2, you will always go to the #3. That seems to be true
at least 80% of the time.
I run a 3 sail program but rarely use the #2. I have 155, 125, 95. However,
because wind force increases with the SQUARE of the speed, I really wish my #2
was bigger, like a 140 or 135. The boat always seems underpowered with the 125.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: Walt Dickie <wa...@crresearch.com>
>To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 11:38 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List New sail purchase
>
>If you sail and are going to race on Lake Michigan -- at least down near
>Chicago, which is where we are -- you have to deal with big winds in the
>Spring and Fall with the doldrums in between. We now sail a C&C 110, but used
>to own a C&C 32, on which we carried a furling 150 to span the wind range. The
>last year I owned the boat I tracked how much sail I had out and discovered
>that I was sailing with either something like a 100-110% genoa or the full
>150%. I spent very little time sailing with anything in between and never went
>out when I would need a real #3. When it came time to buy sails for the new
>boat we went with two sizes, a 110 and a 150, and we shift from one to the
>other as the season changes. We have to switch headsails a bit, especially
>during the transition periods, but most of the time the sail we have up is the
>sail we want. I have two friends with 135s and find that they complain a lot
>more than I do about going sailing with the wrong
headsails. LMPHRF will ding you for anything over 150, but I know owners who
carry 155s and take the penalty to get the benefit when they're becalmed in
mid-summer.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of James
>Reinardy
>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:45 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List New sail purchase
>
>Bob,
>
>It's a fair question, I will have to look at the Lake Michigan PHRF cutoffs,
>thanks. In a general sense, we are wondering what fits the 30-2, and would
>love to find any other owners who race. The previous owner of our boat
>never flew anything bigger than a 135 because thought that the boat did not
>handle well with anything bigger. Then again with a roller furling, it
>seems like bigger is better, at least to 155%, you can always reef.
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bob Moriarty
>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:34 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List New sail purchase
>
>If you're racing, why not go 155 (or 145)? The PHRF cutoffs (at least where I
>am in FL) are at those values.
>Bob M
>Ox 33-1
>Jax, FL
>
>On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Jim and Micki Reinardy <firewa...@wi.rr.com>
>wrote:
>... so my temptation is to go 150.
>
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