I would not go below 130% or you will be going real slow a lot of the time. You can furl in enough to handle heavier days.
Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of bushmark4--- via CnC-List Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 8:32 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: bushma...@aol.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Short handed sailing; sail selection Josh, thanks, in answer to your question, I do have a furler and will use it. Also, I fully agree with your assessments about wind strength and personal choices, and I am prepared to make such. My hesitancy is about whether the boat can sail reasonable well if I go to a smaller size, say a 125, 115, etc. Will I still be able to sail just using the headsail or will going smaller require use of the Main all the time? Richard S/V Bushmark4; 1985 C&C 37 CB, Ohio River, mile 596 Richard N. Bush 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com<mailto:muckl...@gmail.com>> Sent: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 8:18 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Short handed sailing; sail selection I assume you have a furler and intend to use it? There are a lot of personal preferences and situational choices. I had similar questions for my sail maker when I had the headsail made. I didn't mind the 145 I had but wanted to know if something bigger would eek out a little more performance. He said that a 155 might get me an extra 0.5kts on a light wind day and a 135 might cost me 0.5kts on that same day. But what is the max wind that I wanted to use the sail in? And what is my "normal" wind? 20kts? Not normal. 5 to 10 with peaks of 15. Yep pretty normal. Everybody wants to avoid buying more than one sail buy building one that can do everything. The problem is that it does everything poorly. The better choice is to build the sail for you purpose. It might not get the most out of the boat all the time but it will work well 75% of the time. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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