Tom, WHy was the sock ineffective? I'm thinking of getting one, mostly for cruising. You are right. There will likely be a penalty, but no one knows what it will be. I suspect the longer the pole the greater the penalty. I've done inside and outside gybes without a pole. The outside is easier unless you have good crew.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis Sent from my iPad On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:32 PM, TOM VINCENT <tvince...@msn.com> wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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