Hi Gary,
It's important to be really honest with yourself
at this time, of sail contemplation.
For the question of: Do you want to sail fast? The answer is invariably: Yes!
But you will be lead astray if your sailmaker
doesn't ask questions like, "Will the helmsman be
adjusting for changes in apparent wind?" or maybe
"Do you want the boat to be forgiving?"
Sailing fast is mostly dependant on the helmsman,
for obvious reasons. So if you or your people
don't sail with eyes glued to the tell-tales then
get a soft entry jib and be faster much of the
time. A fine entry is harsh sail if you're not paying attention.
Now be really honest... are you going to bash to
weather a lot? If not then that high clew jib is
a gem. For she is mostly self-tending on the jib
lead when going from a reach to off the quarter.
Just adjust the sheet, no need to tweak the car
for max performance. Same with furling. That is
why those tracks are so short.. set & forget.
Why do think the Yankee jib and stay s'l was
invented? Most sailors are inherently lazy.
Come to think of it, if you insist on sailing
with that stays'l, you should have a high clew
jib and won't spend much time as close-hauled anyhow.
I like the main with draft forward, lose foot and
an outhaul car, even for a cruising boat. Good
shape adjustment with all the strings (halyard,
outhaul, cunningham & reef) and the ability to
haul that sucker flat when you have to punch to
weather just because... even with the motor on.
And it's the only way it will work if the
sailmaker convinces you to sheet the stays'l inboard and go racing. :)
(BTW, not many sailmakers can cruise.)
Get a gennaker and sock for the light stuff. It's
tons of fun and stuff it at 10 knots as a rule, until you dare.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 12:09 PM 29/06/2017, you wrote:
Hi All,
I am in the process of acquiring a new set of sails.
I've had North & Ullman give me quotes and they
are within US$70 of each other for all three
sails - furling headsail, furling staysail and
main for their basic offers. The quoted prices
are in the range of $6,600 for all three sails.
One of them offered an alternative at $8,200
which had "better" material for the headsail and staysail options.
As I am a novice sailor I need some assistance please...
The original sail area according to
Sailboatdata.com
(<http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=2144>http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=2144)
is as follows:
Original
Main      318 ft2 / 29.5 m2
Foresail  391 ft2 / 36.3 m2
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I don't have details on the size of the original Staysail.
Here are the sail area values from the 2 vendors.
Vendor 1
Main      335 ft2 / 31.2 m2
Foresail  558 ft2 / 51.8 m2
Vendor 2
Main      335 ft2 / 31.1 m2
Foresail  466 ft2 / 43.3 m2
Although the area of the main from both vendors
is similar to the original, the shape of the
main is different to the original (not the
current). The boom is shorter and mast (P) is longer than the original.
The original design has a VERY short foresail
track which is well aft with the resultant
foresail with a high clew as can be seen from
the picture at the link. What worries me is that
both vendors are offering a foresail which is
significantly larger than the original. How
would this impact on performance? Will I have
the foresail partially furled most of the time?
The original staysail was a self-tacking,
club-footed jib. The proposal from one vendors
calls for a new track to be installed roughly
midships and the other believes that I can sheet
from an existing padeye. Both propose sheeting on the inside of the shrouds.
Both, in discussion, are advocating the headsail
for reaching and the staysail for beating and heavy weather.
I should add that I intend cruising although a
little performance certainly wouldn't go amiss :-).
Are there any Landfall 42 owners who could share
the details of their sail configurations?
Thanks
Gary
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