Hi Ron, Interesting about your 35-2 setup. With such a short boom, is the traveller still on the bridgedeck? Our main is about 18" short of the boom end, but I assume it's the stock 13.5' boom. The headsails are totally custom: a solent rig inner furler with a smaller jib (marked 95%, but due to stay moved aft, it does extend beyond mast), and the main furler having a 135 or so. We've only had the boat a month, so I haven't had time to measure the sails. In winds under 10-12, running the larger jib gains me about 1 knot of speed, but the hassle of having to furl on each tack means we run mostly the smaller jib, which can easily push the boat to 7+ knots in decent winds. Still practicing different sail options in varying conditions, but it seems whenever we're actually trying to get somewhere, we're either upwind in a stiff (20+) breeze, or have no wind at all :) -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 6:21 PM Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Ron > > Fireball carries four head sails when racing each has a cut and weight > appropriate to the apparent wind: light #1 150% (3-12 kts), #2 135% (12-20 > kts), #3 120%(18-28 kts) and #4 85% (survival). The main has only two > reefs, the lower reef points are placed between where a 1st and 2nd reef > would normally be and a the upper a little above the position of a normal > second reef. The boat was optimized for SORC racing in the mid 70s by C&C > and has a boom 2 ft shorter than normal (11.5 ft vs normal 13.5ft), thus I > do not put a reef in until 15+ kts with a #2 flying. We throw in > (literally) the second reef with a #3 when the boat is laying over too far. > I find the boat feathers up nicely in heavy air and try to keep the toerail > out of the water by easing the main down on the main track in gust. Always > trying adjust the sails to point and keep the boat on its feet (rail out of > the water). > > Cruising, we use a 138% roller furl and a main with three sets of reef > points. > > Seems like a lot of sails, but I've had the boat from 1980, so you do get > a collection. However, had to get a new #3 and #4 this year since I > destroyed the 20+ yrs old #4 and had the old #3 de-laminate. > Don Kern > *Fireball *C&C 35 Mk2 > Bristol RI > > > > On 6/20/2019 4:37 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List wrote: > > That sure seems to be true and I wonder why??? Are we just being too > cautious when we start with a no.2 or when we drop to the no.3? Or is > there really no need ever for a no. 2? > Although cloth density might make a difference if our no. 1 is really for > light air. > Ron > Wild Cheri > C&C 30-1 > STL > > > On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 03:29:55 PM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > For those of us race and change sails, one of my racer buddies told me you > never change down from a #1 to a #2. You always drop to your #3. In my > years racing since he told me that, I’ve come to agree with him. > > You might start with a #2 but you rarely change down to one. > > Dennis C. > Touché 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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