I have a 130 RF, it's not too bad rolled up to 100% or so. I
think a 150% would be worse when partially rolled up. I'll
eventually get an Assy for when winds are light. BTW, I just
finished making a new 130% RF last night.

SBV


"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:38:15 -0400, Charlie Morgan
said:

Smart choice. Clarke Bassett is not only a great
sailmaker, but he's a very nice
guy. I believe he has patents on his "boxcut" sails. I
have a shelf-foot main
from him, and I love it. When my 100% jib gets older,
I'll be going to him for a
reefable 130%. They are made with two different weights.
Lighter near the luff,
so when you roll it up to use a 100%, you have a much
smaller diameter leading
edge spoiling things. When the winds are lighter, you
roll out the rest, and
the lighter weight cloth is plenty strong enough for
those conditions. The sail
has a good shape in both positions.

That's my sense as well. What he said just seemed to make
sense. When I get
to installing RF I'll probably ask him to do the new
Genoa.

One thing I'm curious about--why just a 130? When I talked
to him his
suggestion was that if I was going to do roller reefing
(as opposed to just
roller furling) I should go with something like 150, which
is often needed
on the Sound.