Several weeks ago I asked a question on the forum and there were several
responses, basically no one really knows the answer. My question was, what
penalty would I incur by adding a bow sprit to my foredeck for flying the
asymmetrical spinnaker. I had purchased a Forespar sprit at the Annapolis Boat
show with plans on installing it this spring. I race on the Bohemia River which
is on the upper end of the Chesapeake Bay. We use the PHRF of the Chesapeake
Bay as our guideline for our Wednesday night races. I have been racing the C&C
36' cb for 5 years and have won the series 2 times and my worst finish overall
was a 3rd for the season. We have 15 boats in the fleet and have an average of
10 boats racing. I am the big boat of the fleet with a rating of 147 non
spinnaker and 127 with spinnaker. I was using the ATN sock for two years and
then purchased a bag as a turtle with better results. We have learned how to
gybe the shoot with a degree of success with practice. The sprit should make it
much easier to gybe, as I understand I can do an inside gybe with the sprit.
The assym has a girth of 180% and a sail area of 1090, it is one big red sail.
When we are on a broad reach the boat takes off, down wind we sail off about 20
degrees and gybe. I hope this info helps a few members.
Tom Vincent
Frolic II
Chesapeake City, MD
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