Two years ago I had to purchase a new jib as the old roller-furling #2 Norlam sail finally gave up after 20 years of continuous use. I decided to buy new as nothing used appealed to me. I also decided to buy a 110% #3. It cost me 3K from North and turned out to be an excellent decision. That sail provided enough power for the boat for whatever sailing I wished to do with little apparent loss of speed. The biggest advantage was the comparative ease of tacking and trimming as the foretriangle on a LF38 is large and requires a lot of winch labour.
My .02 (Canadian) Rich Knowles Nanaimo, BC Boatless! On Jun 4, 2015, at 08:20, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Thanks for all the info so far. Racing is not an issue for this sail. Neither is real light air, I can motor, use the spinnaker, or drag out one of my 170 genoas. I have a Mylar and light Dacron 170 that both have hardly been used. I am thinking smaller instead of bigger because when the wind is really kicking I want to roll in to around 100% and still have a good shape. I have looked for used sails for years now and kind of given up on that. Unless the boat sinks, no one is giving up a good furling jib. If you want a racing sail or an old hank-on sail, plenty of those around. It looks like I will need to go new for this. Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com <mailto:j...@dellabarba.com> Coquina
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