Foresail Size

[LadyInBed]

I have just installed an inner forestay (parallel and close to the RR forstay).
I want to use a sail that will point me close in a F5 / 6.
Boat is fairly heavy 33ft
Inner Luff is 35ft 6
J length is 10ft 8.

The problem that I am having is to decide how much foot overlap / area to go for, something like:
Luff 30ft foot 13ft area 172
Luff 33ft foot 14ft4 area 222
Luff 35ft foot 14ft6 area 240
Larger or smaller?

Any advice gratefully received.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Long luff, short foot, short leech - a 'solent' jib, good in heavier winds, keeps well off the foredeck, less string to pull in when tacking.

 

[flaming]

What he said.

Plus, ask your sailmaker. They will be able to offer good advice. I doubt this would be their first inner forestay job!

 

[FullCircle]

Would not advise overlap, but get a decent blade shape, high cut as TK says. I've got a much smaller one, but its Orange, and intended for a lot more than F5-6!!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Mines a solent style too as well..... very short foot, easy to set up, and effortless to control.... and as per Jim, is great in a real blow!

 

[temptress]

Much likje the others. I have a high cut non-overlaping yankee cross-cut jib - great for heavy weather and you can see under the foot easily when sheeted in. I choose the yankee so my sialmaker could cut it to sheet from the very forward end of the existing jib tracks.

Solents tend to sweep the deck and give you a rating advantage but I do not think you mind that in this case. Plus you may have to add an inner track to get the sheeting angle right. Your locl sailmaker will be able to advise before he/she makes any sail....

 

[FullCircle]

Here is a couple of shots of my setup. It stows near the port shrouds when not in use, and leads back to the cockpit for forestay tension via a mainsheet purchase.

 

[LadyInBed]

Thanks for the pics Jim, that looks to be more a storm jib which is my next project. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[chrisb]

in process of doing the same. suggest talking to your sailmaker.i plan a100% jib on afurlex taken to the masthead. the problem is the sheeting angles . i may need to fit a new inner trackforward of the existing track for the new sail [which incidentally i plan to use upto storm jib].this became apparent when the sailmaker played with sail shapes on the computer. this may apply to you also.
chris

 

[LadyInBed]

[ QUOTE ]
the problem is the sheeting angles

[/ QUOTE ] I hope my snatch blocks on a bit of string will sort that but will know more when it is all in situ.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Dear Lady in Bed.

Why do you hope your snatch blocks on a piece of string?

 

[chrisb]

good luck. i presume you are not planning sailing in strong winds

 

[LadyInBed]

Ah but this string has a 50mm circumference /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif