The recommended sail plan would need to factor in what type of sails you have, the condition of the sails, what the Apparent Wind Angle is, and also what you are trying to accomplish. Getting the last 0.1 kt of speed in a race versus taking a conservative choice for a cruise will give different sail plans.
The good thing is that the C&C 30 MK1 will handle a larger sail plan for a while in heavy wind with becoming unsafe or impossible to handle. East Coast Lady will tell you when you have too much sail area up. The indicators are excessive heel ( over 30 degrees ) or a lot of force / rudder angle to steer. With a catamaran, which is what I am guessing a Lagoon 380 is, the indicators are not as clear. The cats may have a full dodger and bimini, not heel as much and possibly if they have a balanced rudder not give much feedback steering. If that is the case a sail plan by wind speed is useful. So, all the disclaimers aside and assuming the sail material will handle the load ... In True Wind Speed for performance or racing: 0 - 3 kts: pleasant drifting. A smaller ~ 140% deep jib may work 3 - 14 kts: full main and a 155% jib 12 - 18 kts: full main and a "flatter" 155% jib 16 - 22 kts: full main and a 140% jib 20 - 26 kts: consider reefing the main and 140% jib 24 - 30 kts: reefed main and 140% or smaller 28 - 32 kts: reefed main and 90% blade If you are cruising or don't really care about the last fraction of a knot of speed downsize at a couple of knots of TWS less. The above recommendations are only a starting point and will be completely wrong if you have a stretched out main and a deeply cut furling jib. An acquaintance advised me of his proven formula for the last 30 years. 0 - 5 kts: Motor 5 - 15 kts: 130% furling headsail and full main 15 - 20 kts: 130% furling headsail and reefed ( or no ) main 20+ kts: Motor, the drinks keep spilling. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:32:34 -0400 From: Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> To: CnC-List@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List C&C30MK1 sail plan Message-ID: <CALf-bNQZKNy_OQQ+RcO7w=cpcjuspi0tvnv9gmpjcgcwl5q...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can anybody give me the sailplan for my boat? What sail to use under what wind condition. What is the comfort rating, tern over ratio. I have no paper work with this boat that shows this information. It would be nice to have a printed version of this information. example on sail -plan The sail plan for a Lagoon 380 in sustained winds is as follows: *Force 5 winds (up to 22 knots): full sail, both main and jib.* *Force 6 winds (22 to 26 knots): one reef in the main and full jib.* *Force 7 winds (27 to 28 knots): one reef in the main and one reef in the jib.* *Force 7 winds (29 to 33 knots): two reefs in both the main and the jib.* *Force 8 winds (34 to 38 knots): two reefs in the main and three reefs in the jib.* *Force 9 winds (39 to 44 knots): drop mainsail completely and three reefs in jib.* Above 44 knots, all sail is dropped and the mainsail bag and boom will be quite enough sail, thank you. Thanks for your help... -- *Best regards,* *Curtis McDaniel, * *C&C 30-MK1 East Coast Lady* *Port Royal,* *South Carolina* *cpt.b...@gmail.com <bobhick...@rogers.com>* *~~~~ __/) ~~~~*
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