Bill, Thanks for your input.
Barry --- "William B. Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Barry, > > I bought Storm Petrel in 1998 and only sailed her > for one year with the > original (1981) sails. They were well used and I > thought I needed a new > set, so I bought the main and working jib along with > an asynch spinnaker and > storm jib; the whole 9 yards. There should be a > picture or two of the lime > & blue spinnaker on the site somewhere. The storm > jib is a real tiny white > "spitfire" jib but does the job. > > I didn't like the way the original main looked, but > wasn't using the > Cunningham (downhaul) then, and that may have > contributed. I like the full > battened main very much. I don't see any real > disadvantages. I leave the > main on the boom and just stow it the whole works in > the cabin. > > I wanted tanbark but was going with standard white > because, when a sailmaker > could even get the material, prices were about 50% > more. Then one guy got > some material at a good price, only 10% more, so I > was thrilled. I used > Kern's Sails. Kern Ferguson was a friend of Jerry > M. and was an OEM at one > time, I believe. He did a great job on all 4 > sails. He suggested the full > batten main. Since he was the expert, and knew the > boat much better than I > did, I let him make the sails as he saw fit. > Unfortunately, Jerry reported > that Kern has retired. > > I have used all the sails. I go to the second reef > before putting up the > storm jib, so it hasn't seen too much action. But, > for safety, it is > necessary. The spinnaker is very light material and > partially replaces a > Genoa. You wouldn't want it up in a blow. It can't > be used on the wind, > but works okay up to about a beam reach. One > advantage is that it doesn't > require the separate hardware, track, cleat, etc. > But it isn't practical on > short tacks, as it needs to be "tacked" forward of > the forestay. > > Note that my experience has been mostly on larger > bodies of water, mostly > Lake Erie and the Chesapeake. On smaller lakes, > you're not as likely to get > caught out and need to sail home, so the storm jib > may be on option. And > the spinnaker wouldn't be as practical on short > runs. > > The main seems to have more depth than most sails, > but it seems to work > well. I have been happy with the performance > against other M-boats. > > Hope this answers your questions. If not, holler > back. > > Bill Riker > M-15 - #184 > Storm Petrel > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Barry Lukatch > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: Bill Riker's Storm Petrel Sails > > Bill, > > I noticed your pictures on the Monty photo site and > admired your sails. I liked the full batten main and > am curious if you noticed a difference in the > sailing > characteristics of Storm Petrel. Would you mind > telling me what you bought for a sail inventory and > are you using all of them on a regular basis? > Lastly, > could you tell me who made your sails and how to > contact them. Thank you, > > Barry > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
