Gary, I've been main sail shopping for my Hylas 44. Better sailcloth pays off in the long run. I would not buy a base cross-cut sail. I ended up with a triradial main from Bacon Sails made with a high quality cloth from Bainbridge. It was 1/2 the price of a similar sail from North. If I had the money I would have gotten a HydraNet radial.
A larger gennie will help you a little in light air, but will be a bear if the wind picks up. It depends where you sail, how important an extra tenth of a knot is to you etc. Good luck! Joel On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Gary Smith via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am in the process of acquiring a new set of sails. > > I've had North & Ullman give me quotes and they are within US$70 of each > other for all three sails - furling headsail, furling staysail and main for > their basic offers. The quoted prices are in the range of $6,600 for all > three sails. > > One of them offered an alternative at $8,200 which had "better" material > for the headsail and staysail options. > > As I am a novice sailor I need some assistance please... > > The original sail area according to Sailboatdata.com ( > http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=2144) is as follows: > > Original > Main 318 ft2 / 29.5 m2 > Foresail 391 ft2 / 36.3 m2 > > I don't have details on the size of the original Staysail. > > Here are the sail area values from the 2 vendors. > > Vendor 1 > Main 335 ft2 / 31.2 m2 > Foresail 558 ft2 / 51.8 m2 > > Vendor 2 > Main 335 ft2 / 31.1 m2 > Foresail 466 ft2 / 43.3 m2 > > Although the area of the main from both vendors is similar to the > original, the shape of the main is different to the original (not the > current). The boom is shorter and mast (P) is longer than the original. > > The original design has a VERY short foresail track which is well aft with > the resultant foresail with a high clew as can be seen from the picture at > the link. What worries me is that both vendors are offering a foresail > which is significantly larger than the original. How would this impact on > performance? Will I have the foresail partially furled most of the time? > > The original staysail was a self-tacking, club-footed jib. The proposal > from one vendors calls for a new track to be installed roughly midships and > the other believes that I can sheet from an existing padeye. Both propose > sheeting on the inside of the shrouds. > > Both, in discussion, are advocating the headsail for reaching and the > staysail for beating and heavy weather. > > I should add that I intend cruising although a little performance > certainly wouldn't go amiss :-). > > Are there any Landfall 42 owners who could share the details of their sail > configurations? > > Thanks > Gary > > _______________________________________________ > > 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! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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