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On Mon, 5/1/17, bushmark4--- via CnC-List wrote:
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C&Cs in general
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Date: Monday, May 1, 2017, 11:58 AM
Alan, I am glad to hear you do
well with the 105; I have always he
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Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compare your VMG with two different
size sails. Even if you
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C&Cs in general
1 question, what wind conditions are you sailing in? It makes a difference.
Kurt Heckert
C
1 question, what wind conditions are you sailing in? It makes a difference.
Kurt Heckert
C&C 35 mk II
Heart & Soul
On Mon, 5/1/17, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote:
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C&Cs in general
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Nelson
Water Phantom
C&C 36 XL/kcb
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From: ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List
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Sent: Mon, May 1, 2017 3:49 pm
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail advice for C&Cs in general
Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compa
Speed isn't the only thing that matters. Compare your VMG with two
different size sails. Even if you were to sail slower with a smaller sail,
but point higher, you could get around the course faster with a better
handicap. You can sail with jib alone, but with much less power. When you
tack wit
My 35/3 was up to a knot faster with a 155 over a 135 in 6-8 knots of
wind. I would never cruise with that sail! If I were building a cruising
jib for it I would probably go with a 120.
Fee advice. You get what you pay for!
Joel
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:58 PM, bushmark4--- via CnC-List <
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Alan, I am glad to hear you do well with the 105; I have always heard that our
boats get their power from the headsail, and was thus reluctant to go below a
130; however, if I understand your experience, you do as well with a smaller
headsail as with a larger one.I notice most, if not all o
