Spinnaker Query
 

Anyone ever heard of a spinnaker or light air sail called a "Fat Cat?"

Someone gave me a J boat sail and it reads Fat Cat .7 ounce. No, the
boat was not named "Fat Cat."


RB
35s5
NY

Spinnaker Query
 

Capt. Rob wrote:
Anyone ever heard of a spinnaker or light air sail called a "Fat Cat?"

Someone gave me a J boat sail and it reads Fat Cat .7 ounce. No, the
boat was not named "Fat Cat."


RB
35s5
NY

It's a reaching spinnaker with radial heads and radial clews.

You putting it on e-bay? What size is it?

Joe

Spinnaker Query
 

It's a reaching spinnaker with radial heads and radial clews.

You putting it on e-bay? What size is it?


It's BIG, from a J35. I already have a spinnaker up on ebay...I have to
get the measurements, a real pain without dragging it to a loft. I have
about 15-20 sails from various boats, all in good to great shape.
Try...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT

Or item # 4606254825

RB
35s5
NY

Spinnaker Query
 

Watch out for snaggs if you use the parking lot

Thanks for the info but it sounds to small for my needs.

Joe

Spinnaker Query
 

Thanks for the info but it sounds to small for my needs.


45.5 hoist, 24.2 at the foot. I also have a larger spinnaker, but have
not measured it yet.


RB
35s5
NY

Spinnaker Query
 

About 5 ft to short, and 6 to narrow.

I'm getting a bid for a new 1 ounce red and yellow spinnaker from
Quantum Sails.
They did a good job building all my other sails.

Bit more expensive then most but worth it.

Joe

Spinnaker Query
 

Bit more expensive then most but worth it.

At my yard we ordered sails for customers, and shopped around. Quantum
was the cheapest. We ended up splitting the job between UK and Doyle
because they are local. If you're paying "more" for a Quantum sail, you
didn't do a good job when placing the order.

RB
35s5
NY

Spinnaker Query
 

Hey Nutsy;

Here is a trick I've learned. I have a 40' Alum. extension ladder & a
12' 2X4. I've attached a cheap Galv. block to the end of the 2X4 and
clamp it to the upper section of the Ladder. I can hoist the ladder,
tied to the lee side of the house, and with a cheap section of
cloth-line can hoist the sail to proper height. I use it to set rubber
bands to make a sausage out of my sail that isn't in a sock. Suggest you
do the same. The wind will raise hell with an unfurled sail as it clears
the roof. Cheap and easy way to handle sails off the boat.

By the way. I brought the ladder to go up the mast without being
hoisted in a bosun chair. Works great!! Makes inspecting fore and aft
and shroud fittings a snap, as well as the halyard pulleys.



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Spinnaker Query
 

More than Nyle Pryde and Cameron, less than UK. Better than Doyle

Joe

Spinnaker Query
 

More than Nyle Pryde and Cameron, less than UK. Better than Doyle


Joe,. you sound very uninformed when saying things like "better than
Doyle." Have you used the Doyle lofts at City Island or Florida? If so
what did you find substandard about their work?

RB
35s5
NY