Kappa Sails, in Westbrook Connecticut has a patented genoa that furls
from a 150 down to a 100 without losing excellent shape, or creating a
fat sausage at the luff. The sail is made up of panels of graduated
weight, so in heavy wind, you have just heavier material exposed, and
the rest of the sail is made of lighter material. It works VERY well.
Kappa has designed and built sails for Americas Cup, and hold quite a
few patents for sail design. The founder of the company, Clarke Bassett,
sails a C&C.
Bill Bina
On 6/4/2015 11:32 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List wrote:
Joe,
We have a 135% on our roller furling, which seems to work for us just
fine in both racing and cruising.
As to roll-in, every sailmaker I’ve talked to has said that a
partially-furled sail will drastically reduce the life of that sail —
load stress points, reinforced areas, blah, blah, blah.
I would suggest keeping it small, but never partially furl.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
On Jun 4, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Thanks for all the info so far.
Racing is not an issue for this sail. Neither is real light air, I
can motor, use the spinnaker, or drag out one of my 170 genoas. I
have a Mylar and light Dacron 170 that both have hardly been used.
I am thinking smaller instead of bigger because when the wind is
really kicking I want to roll in to around 100% and still have a good
shape.
I have looked for used sails for years now and kind of given up on
that. Unless the boat sinks, no one is giving up a good furling jib.
If you want a racing sail or an old hank-on sail, plenty of those
around. It looks like I will need to go new for this.
Joe Della Barba
j...@dellabarba.com <mailto:j...@dellabarba.com>
Coquina
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]*On Behalf
Of*Gary Nylander via CnC-List
*Sent:*Thursday, June 04, 2015 10:02 AM
*To:*cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Cc:*Gary Nylander
*Subject:*Re: Stus-List sail question
No break on the Chesapeake.
Gary
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