Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 34 jib sizing

Eric, if i remember correctly. You have a furler. I would lean towards the 145. It pulls pretty good in the light air and it will broad reach well into the 20s when you go to Catalina. AND... It is a lot easier to tack than the larger sail. Since you do have a furler you can roll the sail in a turn or two to reduce sail, as long as you move the cars forward and keep the shape of the sail. Any more rolls than that, normally does harm to the sail. Talk to your sail maker about that, he should add a luff pad to protect the luff. The other reason you will like the larger LP is sailing down wind or DDW. You can pole out the sail and move pretty good. That will handle up 22 knots with the wind behind you. When going to weather in winds above 22 knots apparent, I would roll in the sail and get a blade with a wire or spectra luff that you can hoist, fly free and sheet it inboard of the life lines. Nice to hear from you again and looking forward to see you at Catalina on one of our CCCCC trips. Randy Cal 2-29 Out Patient ericpaulsen1 <er… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: Hi all. My wife and I just recently purchased a 1977 Cal 34-3 and we have been thoroughly enjoying it. The sails however are looking pretty tired and clearly came off another boat. The genoa is huge and from what I can see is in the neighborhood of 165%. I believe it is too big to use as an everyday sail and really doesn't fit well with the sheet blocks, etc. I am considering purchasing a new sail that would be good for the 5-20 knot wind range that we typically see here in Long Beach. I am thinking a 120% or a 130% might be a good size. I would appreciate any thoughts that anyone may have on this. Regards, Eric TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! Pageant winner in race flap asked to resign Privacy Policy

Thanks Randy. You are correct, we do have a RF system and I am planning on doing a pad in the luff. By the way, what do you mean by CCCCC? Is that the Catalina series by LBYC? We are planning a trip to Emerald on May 31/June 1. --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Randy <saylorran@...> wrote: > > Eric, > > if i remember correctly. You have a furler. I would lean towards the 145. It pulls pretty good in the light air and it will broad reach well into the 20s when you go to Catalina. AND... It is a lot easier to tack than the larger sail. > > Since you do have a furler you can roll the sail in a turn or two to reduce sail, as long as you move the cars forward and keep the shape of the sail. Any more rolls than that, normally does harm to the sail. Talk to your sail maker about that, he should add a luff pad to protect the luff. > > The other reason you will like the larger LP is sailing down wind or DDW. You can pole out the sail and move pretty good. That will handle up 22 knots with the wind behind you. > > When going to weather in winds above 22 knots apparent, I would roll in the sail and get a blade with a wire or spectra luff that you can hoist, fly free and sheet it inboard of the life lines. > > Nice to hear from you again and looking forward to see you at Catalina on one of our CCCCC trips. > > Randy > Cal 2-29 > Out Patient > > Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > ericpaulsen1 <ericpaulsen1@...> wrote: > > Hi all. My wife and I just recently purchased a 1977 Cal 34-3 and we have been thoroughly enjoying it. The sails however are looking pretty tired and clearly came off another boat. The genoa is huge and from what I can see is in the neighborhood of 165%. I believe it is too big to use as an everyday sail and really doesn't fit well with the sheet blocks, etc. > > I am considering purchasing a new sail that would be good for the 5-20 knot wind range that we typically see here in Long Beach. I am thinking a 120% or a 130% might be a good size. > > I would appreciate any thoughts that anyone may have on this. > > Regards, > Eric > > > > > TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! > Pageant winner in race flap asked to resign > Privacy Policy >