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Hey there!
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:41:45 -0500, cavelamb
wrote: Capt. JG wrote: Good point about the PFDs. The only times they're not required to be worn on my boat is when the person is below or the boat is at dock or anchor. My insurance is pretty picky about it. Just curious about why you didn't use the jib on the roller (assuming you had one from your comment). I don't usually reef mine, since it has quite a high foot and is less than 100%, but I do sometimes. We typically sail in 15 to 25 with higher gusts. Good question, JG. We are a small boat. My roller jib is 135%, which is great in moderate winds, but way too big for cruising in 20-25 (we were not racing today! - conserve the sails and rigging!) A jib slightly under 100% would have been perfect today. We would have been able to point higher, and probably gone faster too. For me, it's about time to choose a path and go that way. I have a brand new main from Mariner Sails in Dallas. (First time I've EVER had new sails! - and I like it!) We (me and my sail maker) have been discussing sails in general - and my needs in specific. I want to wander off down the Intra-Coastal, with maybe a jaunt out to the Bahamas (or Cuba, if it opens up!) So I'm not looking at staying in my home waters. And I understand that wandering off has the possibility of encountering that weather stuff. Pick your window, sure, but you have to deal with the results. *ALL* of the sail makers that I've asked about this have agreed... "Reefing" a roller *furling* jib will (underline the Will part) cause the jib to bag out unevenly. Unless the sail is specifically built for it - ie: has extra reinforcements at the furled (rolled) points, the cloth will stretch where it's not supposed to. My current jib is probably 18 years old - and absolutely shows where it has been partially rolled in the past. There are three distinct "scallops (for want of a better term) that coincide with the places where it would be "furled" for heavier winds. Anyway, what to do about it all? Accept the distortion as a cost of convenience? Or set up with proper sized hank-on sails? (yes, I do understand that jibs on the roller can be changed - but!) I have an asymmetrical spinnaker for light air reaching and running. If I go with hank ons, I would add to that: A 135% genoa for close reaching and beating to weather. A 100% working jib for winds up to 20 - 25. A smaller staysail - 50%? - but set further aft on deck for 25 - 35 mph. (along with a storm trisail for a main). The staysail would bring the fore sail's moment aft - closer to the mast (where it belongs), rather than being all the way forward. Way better balance, and proper gap between fore and main! And the trisail alone for 30-40. Above that, I'd have to fess up that I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time and hope there is sea room down wind to heave to. With the roller? I've already learned that I can't reliably roll up the jib in 35 mph winds without lighting off the motor and heading up. It doesn't take but a minute and probably less than a 1/8 mile of room, but that's the deal with the roller in high winds. Will I *always* have the time, room, and motor? The roller is convenient - if you don't get caught in too big winds. The hank-ons give the best match to the wind conditions when it blows, but a bit more work involved. Now, for what it's worth, most of my sailing is single handed. Convenience is pretty important. But so is sailing performance. I'm still leaning both ways at the same time... Trying hard to make up my mind - one way or the other... 'Cause I really need a new jib to go with this beautiful main! Richard Clarke Bassett, who owns Kappa Sails in Westbrook, Connecticut can make you a genoa that reefs properly, and with a good shape, from a 135% to a 100%. He holds patents, which may explain why other sailmakers are telling you it can't be done. |
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Hey there!
"Roger Long" wrote in message ... On Sep 27, 6:30 pm, chandglider wrote: I just joined this group and wanted to let everyone know. I bought albin vega(smal swedish sail boat) this summer and I'd like to get some tips about "guality" sailing... You made a great choice of a boat for that size range. It's way more capable than you probably are at this point. They have even made circumnavigations. I've never heard of "guality" sailing so I can't help you there. If you would like advice about where to go, it would help to tell us where your homeport is. If you would like advice about staying alive, one of the major pre- requisites for boating enjoyment, you'll probably get more useful responses with specific questions about things that concern you. -- Roger Long He must be mixing his 'g's with his 'q's.........i.e. quality sailing?? If he was over here, I's suggest joining the Power & Sail Squadron for the various courses and then a hands on sailing course at a local yachtclub. |
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On Sep 28, 10:04*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Roger Long" wrote in message ... On Sep 27, 6:30 pm, chandglider wrote: I just joined this group and wanted to let everyone know. I bought albin vega(smal swedish sail boat) this summer and I'd like to get some tips about "guality" sailing... You made a great choice of a boat for that size range. *It's way more capable than you probably are at this point. *They have even made circumnavigations. I've never heard of "guality" sailing so I can't help you there. If you would like advice about where to go, it would help to tell us where your homeport is. If you would like advice about staying alive, one of the major pre- requisites for boating enjoyment, you'll probably get more useful responses with specific questions about things that concern you. -- Roger Long He must be mixing his 'g's * with his 'q's.........i.e. * quality sailing?? If he was over here, I's suggest joining the Power & Sail Squadron for the various courses and then a hands on sailing course at a local yachtclub. I specialize in "low quality sailing" meaning I go places I shouldn't AND have a lot of fun doing so. Depth less than draft, NO PROBLEM. Bridge too low, NO PROBLEM "Yeah, we can make it, tides low............CLANG". I don't give a sh** how good my sails are, I'd use cold fusion power if it was available for cheap. Sails of any kind and a good motor and you can cruise all kinds of places. Forget what the idjit purists say, you wanna have fun and seein shocked looks on the faces of yachties is really fun. Get a trashed out old boat and just glare at em and dare the expensive polished yachts to not give you right of way. (yes, it's just a game and you really act responsible but some people just need to be put in their place). Someday, I'm gonna do a cruising guide to real dives, gonna call it "Cruising to Low Places". Gonna hit all the waterfront (or nearly so) bars on the NW FL coast. |