Cruising Chutes - how to measure?

[woody001]

I wish to purchase a Cruising Chutes for my 38ft yacht, what measurements do I need to take? Does it matter that my rig is fractional? How do i set a chute up?

Sorry i dont have a clue and cant find anything in my books or on the web.

Cheers

simon

 

[Talbot]

IIRC, crusader have a "what to measure" on their web site

 

[VicS]

You might find the info you want on this site:

http://www.ukhalsey.com/LearningCenter/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.asp

There is a lot of other useful stuff on there anyway

 

[StephenSails]

I would have thought being a bit of a speed freak you would be looking for aysmetric kite

 

[woody001]

HI steve,

already got a aysmetric, just want something easy to handle when being short handed.

Sorry for not getting back to your PM, will do soon!

cheers

simon

 

[sailorman]

say to your sail maker Swede 38 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
if you want a really nice one go to

GO Sails ( Gowen Oyster 01206 384412 )

sales@gosails.com

talk to Doug he talks sails talk

i had one made 3 yrs ago cheaper than you might think & a suberb sail also ger one of thier snuffers /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[sailorman]

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say to your sail maker Swede 38 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
if you want a really nice one go to

GO Sails ( Gowen Oyster 01206 384412 )

sales@gosails.com

talk to Doug he talks sails talk

i had one made 3 yrs ago cheaper than you might think & a suberb sail also ger one of thier snuffers /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[FullCircle]

Anything he can do, I can do better,

From Crusader:
Cut from the best quality 1.2 oz. Or 1.5 oz. ripstop nylon, in a wide choice of colours, the specification includes a tack strop and bag.

This sail is a great addition to any yacht’s sail wardrobe, and may be set without a spinnaker pole on any point of sailing between close reach and square run. The sail is suitable for apparent wind speeds of 0 - 18 knots reaching, 0 - 30 knots running.

The C.S. Cruising Chute is 85% - 90% the area of a standard spinnaker. The panel arrangement is with a radial head for low bias stretch.

However, I have a tri radial cruising chute which is an asymetric in all but name which goes at 50 degrees upwind

Measure like this

And here are a couple of mine