At the suggestion of a friend who successfully raced a J 35 for years, I
bought an assym for my 42. I did not retrofit a bow sprit, but instead we
set the pole low and nearly against the forestay. We fly the sail from
about 60 to 110 degrees apparent -- below 110 it is obviously the wrong
sail. On our big, old 42, we don't sail downwind polars. We tend to stay
on the rhumb line going downhill, which means we go to a regular chute when
the apparent wind is below 110 degrees. Also, we don't race in the
spinnaker fleet a lot, and when we do it is typically distance races. As a
result, we don't need to jibe the assym. My impression is that it has been
a good addition to the inventory.
FWIW, when I visited Rocky River, OH, over the summer, I noticed a lot of
boats with retrofitted bow sprits.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Nelson via CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 7:20 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Charles Nelson
Subject: Stus-List Adding asym sail/sprit to C&C 36
Difficulties in finding enough crew to fly my masthead kite (~7-8) have me
thinking of adding a sprit with asym kite to make it possible to be
competitive in the spin fleet with less crew (~ 4-6). I only had 6 for our
last race and the wind was 10-15 so we decided to forego the kite and took a
1st, 2nd and 3rd (only 3 boats competed). This weekend I am down to only 4
so probably won't compete, giving up a solid 2nd with a poss 1st if my crew
were not in the BVI, etc. My thoughts are solely to have the option to use
the asym if I don't have enough crew to do the symm Masthead kite so I would
likely keep the asym size such that my rating is not changed. Thoughts on
this plan from the list would be appreciated.
I do realize that this is a complicated issue and I may have to get some
expert advice on sprit length, asym sail size/shape not to mention figuring
out how to fly it but I am starting with the collective list wisdom.
Thanks,
Charlie Nelson
1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
(Rob Ball design)
Water Phantom
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