Randy,
Most PHRF rating organizations will adjust (negatively) your rating for
adding a tack point forward of the "J" measurement of the boat. You may
receive a credit for both a retrofit application and due to a smaller
sail area for a spinnaker - depends on the rating rules for your PHRF
organization. Also an asymmetrical spinnaker is a free fly sail, thus
adding a hard furler is not done for an asym. I do not understand why
you stated "So I can’t just shackle an asym tack line block to the spare
headsail shackle on the stem, and hoist/douse the asym using a sock."
That should be an option. Lastly, the 30 Mk1 was designed to go deep
downwind with a symmetrical spinnaker, which would have a greater sail
area projected to windward an inherently faster than a asym rig deep
downwind. The plus side that an asym would give your 30 Mk1 would be on
reaching legs. Hope this helps.
Don Kern
Fireball C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
Commo. PHRF-NB
On 5/15/2020 12:22 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List wrote:
Listers-
A guy in my yacht club has started an arms race by adding an asym with a
top-down furler to his Ranger 28. Wednesday night in light air I beat him to
the windward mark by a minute or two, then he hoisted his asym and dropped me
like a bad habit. He beat me by five minutes corrected time in a one-hour race
despite spotting me 12 sec/mile with his new adjusted rating (demonstrating yet
again that ratings don’t necessarily account for performance differences). It
was an eye-opening demonstration.
So now I’m thinking I need an asym to compete. I know a guy who flew one on a
30 MK I. He welded a bracket forward of the stem, to fasten a tack line block,
and had a sock instead of a furler. If I want to compete with this Ranger 28,
I’ll have to add two furlers (one on the forestay and one for the asym) to be
able to set sails as fast as him. So I can’t just shackle an asym tack line
block to the spare headsail shackle on the stem, and hoist/douse the asym using
a sock. I need a tack point forward of the stem to accommodate a furler.
Thus my question to you listers: any experience with adding a bowsprit or bracket
etc. to your C&C for tacking down an asymmetrical spinnaker? I did some
reading last night on after-market bowsprits (e.g. Selden), but of course wanted to
check with the collective wisdom on Stu’s list. Any advice or recommendations?
Thanks,
Randy Stafford
S/V Grenadine
C&C 30 MK I #79
Ken Caryl, CO
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