I'm kind of short on sails for our E 32 but even shorter on space to put
them. The working jib takes up most of the hanging locker so nothing can
hang. The 130 roller Genoa probably won't fit in there so it isn't going to
be a six berth boat when I want to put the working jib on. After seeing how
well the boat goes with the smaller jib, I'm probably going to want to use
it a lot.

We have just the two jibs and the main. Two reefs in the main alone should
handle a good deal of wind and the working jib can be rolled in a pinch
although it doesn't have foam in the leading edge. I'm having leech
doublings put on it so I can leave it up and rolled in the sun more often.

The big Genoa is best as a downwind sail. I wish I'd gotten my hands on
that cruising spinnaker before you did. If I can get one, I might just
leave the Genoa home. One thing that's been keeping me from thinking about
downwind kites is the difficulty of setting them shorthanded in a quick
turning boat. I'm sending in a deposit on a Cape Horn steering gear
tomorrow so that's going to change the equasion a lot. If something goes
wrong getting a spinnaker up and down, my crew will be able to leave the
wheel and help me deal with it.

Let me know if you see another cruising spinnaker for a 32 foot boat under
$500.

--
Roger Long