Yup. During the earlier part of hurricane Charlie trying to escape upwind, we had a triple reef in the main and the #3 up. The boat balanced pretty well that way. Joe Coquina
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 12:24 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Ronald B. Frerker <rbfrer...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for 35 I remember sailing a 35-2 in heavy air with jib and main and had to have more than 6deg of rudder angle to keep it going. Seemed like we needed to take a tuck in the main and use a larger jib for better balance. The old rule was "keep the power up front." Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 STL ________________________________ From: "Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov<mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for 35 The MK I C&C 35 at least is going no place with a working jib in light air - the boat is very headsail dependent. So much so we never used the first reef in the main offshore - if you need to reef at all, you need the 2nd or 3rd ;) I wish the jib was enough, I could just use that and save some cash. So given that, I can't see going as small as 100, no matter how easy it is to handle. So far I am thinking maybe 125? I used to have a 145 mylar laminate furling jib with a foam luff. When it was good, it was very good. When the sail started to delaminate and get mold in the middle of it......not so much. Joe Coquina
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