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Hi all..
Got a question.. I have this sail, but have no clue what it is called.. It is made out of spinnaker material, but does not have the characteristics of one: Here is a pictu http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999/spinnaker.jpg Thanks, Ronald. -- Storebro Royal 33 owner? goto: http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999 |
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Looks like a drifter or gennaker. Very light air sail, but not limited to
off-wind use as a spinnaker is (you should be able to close-reach with it). -- Karin Conover-Lewis Fair and Balanced since 1959 klc dot lewis at centurytel dot net "Ronald" wrote in message ... Hi all.. Got a question.. I have this sail, but have no clue what it is called.. It is made out of spinnaker material, but does not have the characteristics of one: Here is a pictu http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999/spinnaker.jpg Thanks, Ronald. -- Storebro Royal 33 owner? goto: http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999 |
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I concur. We have a similar sail for our dowager Westsail 32. Gets the old
girl smokin' in winds up to about 10 knots max. Our gennaker has a luff wire, so you can haul the halyard really taught and sail slightly upwind, anyway, and close reach like a demon. Dead downwind you slack the halyard and the sail behaves very much like a spinnaker. Handy cruising sail. Fair winds, Dick Behan W32 CAPER "Ronald" wrote in message ... Hi all.. Got a question.. I have this sail, but have no clue what it is called.. It is made out of spinnaker material, but does not have the characteristics of one: Here is a pictu http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999/spinnaker.jpg Thanks, Ronald. -- Storebro Royal 33 owner? goto: http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999 |
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Ronald wrote: Hi all.. Got a question.. I have this sail, but have no clue what it is called.. It is made out of spinnaker material, but does not have the characteristics of one: Here is a pictu http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d999/spinnaker.jpg It's a drifter with a badly cupped leach (or a WAY over tightened leach line). Use it for close reaching in very light air, or as a downwind sail too... works great poled out like a genoa but filles easier. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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