I'm probably not the guy to ask.
If John Ebell (HighTide) is lurking, he'd be the guy to ask, or Phil or
Chris Desimone (ToyBox).
But offhand (assuming you mean 16 inches in "P," i.e., luff length) I'd
be curious as to whether or
not the entire sail is smaller in the foot, "E" or roach measurements.
Sounds like it isn't, and it
would be pretty obvious if the foot were too short, but in any case, 16
inches short in the
luff comes to about 13.5 square feet of sail area that you are missing.
Projecting the roach
up as high as possible as you've described sounds like a very good idea,
particularly in light air,
but if the sail is proportionately smaller, due to the reduced "P"
length, you might not only
have reduced sail area, you'd also have less projected roach up there
where you really need it
in the light stuff.
That would be a serious liability in a One Design fleet of C27's and
also in a fleet of PHRF
boats that sail well to their handicaps.
How are you doing against other boats and do you think the sail is a
liability? If it's getting
old and the draft stripes look "unfast," then I'd consider replacing
it....if it's new and cripsy and
has a good shape I'd probably wait a while before replacing it. On the
other hand, we
finished in the money with a cheap RollyTasker white sail a lot and it
was less than 650, delivery
and killer Maryland taxes included.
have any pix?
tf
waters gradually warming here
The Emmerichs wrote:
tf
Agree with your loose footed main thing, sure are much easier to trim
correctly.
Would appreciate your comments, my main which came with my boat is fully
battened and about 16 inches short of the maximum length permitted by
Catalina Specs. Since I race, my guess is that I would much be better off
with a main that was much closer to the maximum height permitted by Class
rules. I raise my main to the top black stripe since in Louisville we don't
have heavy air very often, some years never.
Thanks,
John Emmerich
5874 Fortitude
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Ford
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: gooseneck survey
my '76 hadda a wicked slider.
not to open a new kettle o fish, but also a loose footer main is nice.
if you like that kind of thing.
tf
red sox nation
