Same concept as the Hild 1040 produced back in the 90's. It does work but you can't escape the sail raising further off the deck as it is furled. As always, depends on your needs, wallet, local conditions, etc. your mileage may vary.
John Sent from my iPad > On Jun 4, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jun 4, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List >>> <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 >>> >>> 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 >>> Cc: Gary Nylander >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List sail question >>> >>> No break on the Chesapeake. >>> Gary >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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