My 153 genoa still works good upwind when furled to a few inches above the bow
pulpit.
It is a Spike Boston, Doyle square weave polyester sail, with a piece of line
sewn in to flatten the sail when partially furled.
I discovered by accident that this has the added advantage of allowing to boat
to self steer on a close reach in 20 knots.
Of course the conditions and the trim have to be just right, but I really had
no choice but to give it a try since auto had lost his mind and I was single
handing a 48 mile race.
We, the boat and I, won.
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII
On the hard in Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:34 AM
Subject: Stus-List Furl 1st or Reef 1st ?
Here's another one on heavier winds: Reef 1st or Furl 1st?
Up 'till a few weeks back, when the boat gets over-powered I typically furl
long before I reef because it's so much easier + it's quick to un-furl when
going on a reach. But then I watched the "in port" race with the Volvo 'round
the world thing where the ladies team reefed instead of going for the smaller
gib and seemed to gain speed from that tactic. When I tried reefing before it
seemed to remove too much power ( In 18-22 breeze) but I was not looking at
the boat speed closely.
Has anybody done some tests on reefing vs furling in terms of outright
speed on a close haul for a given wind speed?
-Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five"
Lake Lanier, GA
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