I recently bought new sails for my LF 38 for on the Chesapeake and in the 
Bahamas and I went with a 135 and plan on furling it on the roller furler at 
times when I want to reduce sail area.  I do not race my boat.

Bob

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> On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:19 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List 
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> Well Mike Hoyt, I sail in Nova Scotia too, St. Margaret's Bay mostly good 
> winds, 15-25 apparent from SW most days and I have a RF Doyle 135% crosscut, 
> 8 oz with tuff luff, high cut and if or when I ever buy another new head sail 
> for Allianna, my old 35 MKII, I will definitely be going for less than 135%; 
> in fact a good 110 is what I think would suit me just fine...there are a lot 
> of advantages to a smaller headsail, and IMHO very few for a larger LP 
> headsail if one is just out for a fun sail in such conditions as we mostly 
> have around here in summer/fall, cruising for fun in retirement I mean but 
> for racing I would be lost without a 150 when the apparent drops below about 
> 15 kts, I know that, but who cares, it's sort of nice some days to roll a 
> similarly rated boated to weather while sailing single handed when that other 
> boat is overpowered and wondering why Alianna is so fast...on a 33 II, a very 
> stiff boat, maybe a 135 would be a good all purpose sail but the crew, 
> husband and wife for example will have to work harder and I bet one of them 
> would likely wish for a smaller headsail most of the time
> 
> Dwight Veinot
> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
> d.ve...@bellaliant.net
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List 
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>> Doug
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Most new sails will be priced in US dollars.  That will make a RF 125 cost 
>> approximately $1,000,000 CAD.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Persistence is a Frers 33 which is very similar to the CC33-2.  For RF we 
>> have a 100% pentex with taffeta both sides and an older square weave dacron 
>> 155 which seems a bit blown out.  When not doing much with the boat we leave 
>> the 100 on the furler.  It is underpowered for most conditions.  When racing 
>> we take the sails off the furler and use our Kevlar 155, 140 and the RF 100 
>> (no on furler). 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> If I were to have one goto furling sail it would be a 135. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> We sail in Nova Scotia.  Winds sound similar
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Doug 
>> Welch via CnC-List
>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:16 PM
>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> Cc: doug.we...@rogers.com
>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Looking for recommendation on 33 mkii Genoa size
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks all for your input. To answer some of your questions. The boat does 
>> have a furler. Most of the time it will be my wife and I, we both crew on 
>> friends boats for racing. I have several Susan Hoods and LO300s under my 
>> belt including the big wind year. Generally on Lake on Ontario we get 15-25 
>> Kn in the spring and late fall, 10-15 in June and July and 5-10 in August 
>> and Sept. The boat came with a 120 and 135 in decent shape, so i will 
>> probably mess about with those next season before pulling the trigger on a 
>> new sail.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Sunday, January 24, 2016 12:54 PM, Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List 
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> We're on Lake Huron with our 33 Mk II. We have  a 155, a 130, and a 95. The 
>> 155 is great for those quiet summer days, the 130 in spring and fall and 
>> only used the 95 once late last fall for the single handed challenge. I'd 
>> suggest a 130 for cruising, if you're only going to have one. You didn't 
>> mention whether or not you had a furler. I've seen many partially furl their 
>> large Genoa in heavier winds.
>> 
>> Brad
>> 
>> "Pulse" 1985 C&C 33 Mk II
>> 
>> 
>> I'd rather be sailing
>> 
>>  
>> 
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