Re: New Main Sail Question - Wrong Size

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > After blowing our main sail on the bay Sunday, we opted to blast up to > Minney's Yacht Surplus to check out available replacement sails. Going to > Minney's has long been a dream. Debbie was a bit fooled, I guess. She > thought it was just up the road. snipped > Question: another sailor present said the changed size would have an effect > on the sailing characteristics of the boat and contribute to more "weather" > in the helm. I already have plenty of that. He commented that should not > be the case, and that if I already had a weather helm, then I should have a > rigger check it out. A shorter foot won't increase weather helm. It will just act like a small reef. >So we bought the sail anyway. He agreed he would do > the same in our position. He commented he spent six months watching the > sails at Minney's before he finally found something, and he said we would > never find another new one any where near that price. He said if we waited > to talk to someone, the sail would be gone in days. I think he worked for > the store. . . . I just dropped off two Cal 40 spinnakers today. Traded for an anchor roller for the bow (Don't tell my son.). I take junk in there and trade for other stuff. We got a new spinnaker pole there last year. I had to shorten it a foot. > > Oh, yeah. One more problem. It has rope attachments, and we have the metal > track mast. Anyone know anyone who can convert the rope to track in the San > Diego area? Any sailmaker will do it. They just sew the cars to the bolt rope. > > Did I make a mistake? Probably not. Mainsails are expensive. MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 > > Thanks, > > Bruce Stirling >

> > > Question: another sailor present said the changed size would have an effect > > on the sailing characteristics of the boat and contribute to more "weather" > > in the helm. I already have plenty of that. He commented that should not > > be the case, and that if I already had a weather helm, then I should have a > > rigger check it out. Should actually reduce weather helm. > > I just dropped off two Cal 40 spinnakers today. Traded for an anchor roller for the bow > (Don't tell my son.). I take junk in there and trade for other stuff. We got a new spinnaker > pole there last year. I had to shorten it a foot. Giving away sails and adding big hunks of metal to the ends of the boat? No problem. Sounds like a switch to the cruising track, which relieves me of any wetsanding responsibility. Racing? I'm down with OPB (Other Peoples' Boats) Mike Kennedy Jr. Cal 40 #96

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "michaelkennedy05" <michaelkennedy05@...> wrote: > >snipped > > > > > I just dropped off two Cal 40 spinnakers today. Traded for an > anchor roller for the bow > > (Don't tell my son.). I take junk in there and trade for other > stuff. We got a new spinnaker > > pole there last year. I had to shorten it a foot. > > Giving away sails and adding big hunks of metal to the ends of the > boat? No problem. Sounds like a switch to the cruising track, > which relieves me of any wetsanding responsibility. Racing? I'm > down with OPB (Other Peoples' Boats) He can start to worry when he sees a windlass on the bow. The Cal 40 will be in full cruise mode most of the time. The spinnakers were Ullman rejects, not the newer ones. I wonder where he is wet sanding ? I haven't seen any. Mike Kennedy Sr. > > Mike Kennedy Jr. > Cal 40 #96 >