Glen,
My C&C 35 Mk2 carries for racing #1 (155% '22), #2 (137% '07), #2
reacher (129% '95), #3 (110% '19), and #4 (85% '18). I usually push my
sails for 20 yrs - (the older #1 '02 vintage still decent, but not good
enuf for racing. For cruising have a furling #2 (137% '98) which I just
got back from North with a replaced sun cover (no foam), because the sun
cover's original stitching had failed. The old reacher is carried on
board only for long distance racing on Buzzard's Bay, RI Sound and Long
Island Sound. The #2 furling, and #4 were purchased as second-hand
sails. Most racing is done with the #1 and #2, with the #3 and #4 used
in "remind me that this is FUN!!" conditions. It is my opinion that a
furling sail does not hold its aerodynamic shape when you start rolling
it in. When racing I put reefs in the main before I downsize the genoas.
JMHO
Don Kern
C&C35 Mk2, /Fireball/
Bristol, RI
On 2/28/2023 3:14 PM, Glen Eddie via CnC-List wrote:
Getting a dacron furling sail. I have a 155% percent racing sail but
often use my 135% furling sail (dacron) with foam luff. Thoughts from
the C&C 35 Mk I/II?
The furling sail is also my main headsail for normal cruising (lazy
Sundays).
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