Does he have the asym hoisted and furled on the furler throughout the race and just unfurl it or hoist it furled at the mark? I have wondered how much interference a furled A-sail would have on upwind performance. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Jul 12, 2022, at 10:25 AM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I do want to whoop my main competitor! Or at least compete with him. He’s > the one who started an arms race in the fleet, by adding a bowsprit, asym, > and top-down furler two years ago. That and a furling genoa is now the > minimum ante in the fleet. At the windward mark he could furl his genoa and > unfurl his asym in 30 seconds, while it took me several minutes to set the > spin pole, hoist the symmetrical, hoist its dousing sock, and drop the genoa. > There was no way I could compete. > > Cheers, > Randy > >> On Jul 11, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> >> Wow, you must really want to whoop your main competitor! >> >> I guess that's what we do - it's just boat bucks! >> >> Bill Coleman >> Entrada, Erie PA >> >> On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 9:46 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> Listers I am appealing to your collective wisdom on rigging and trimming an >> asymmetrical spinnaker. >> >> For Grenadine’s 50th birthday this year, I added a new furling genoa on a >> new Selden 204S furler, a retractable Selden 75 bowsprit, and an A2 >> asymmetrical spinnaker on a Selden GX10 top-down furler. I’m installing the >> latter two birthday presents on Tuesday. >> >> This is all to improve my downwind performance, and facilitate fast upwind / >> downwind sail plan changes at the marks and on the course, in my club’s >> races. >> >> I guess my specific questions are as follows, but I would appreciate any >> additional tips you old salts might offer. >> >> 1. Leading the tack line - I’m repurposing the foredeck padeye and block, >> side-deck fairleads, and cabin-side cam cleat for my former pole down line >> to run the asym tack line, which of course goes through the bowsprit >> lengthwise. My pole down line is too short to be the asym tack line, so >> I’ve repurposed a little-used genoa sheet. I figure if the deck hardware >> was sufficient for a symmetrical pole down line, it ought to suffice for an >> asym tack line. Am I wrong? >> >> 2. Where to put the turning blocks for the asym sheets: same place as for >> the symmetrical, or farther forward? For the symmetrical turning blocks I >> use snatch blocks at the stern pulpit braces. >> >> 3. What winch to lead to / where to trim from? My main competitor leads his >> asym sheets to cabintop winches, and trims from the windward side deck so >> the trimmer can see the whole sail. >> >> 4. When and how much to ease the tack line? By default I assume it’s >> tensioned so that the aysm’s tack is at the bowsprit and the luff is taut, >> but it can be eased - how much, and under what conditions? >> >> Thanks in advance for any wisdom you mmight share. >> >> Fun fact: the sail is black, with a logo of an M67 grenade on both sides, >> because of the etymology of my boat’s name, and because of her color scheme >> (red topsides, white deck and cabintop, black canvas. >> >> Cheers, >> Randy Stafford >> SV Grenadine >> C&C 30 MK I #79 >> Ken Caryl, CO >
