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Hi there, I have just purchased one of the above, it only has a No1 self tacking jib so I decided to get a !20% overlaping Genoa. I fired off some E mails for quotes but the first answere replied ''We dont supply a sail of this type for your type of yacht because the spreaders are to long, and because you have to have alot of slack in the sheets to accomodate this the sail is worse than useless''
How do other Ranger265 owners feel about this?
 
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Try asking the Hunter Association , www.hunterassociation.org.uk

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I believe he has, but no answers have been forthcoming (yet...).

TK: Would a gennaker, etc. be any different to a genoa with respect to spreader clearance? (Genuine question - I just don't know).

To the OP: I don't know the 265, but have you had opinions from any other sail-makers? Does your boat already have leads for the genoa sheets ? (If so, where are they?)

Andy
 
Hi there and thanks for replying, I have put a queerie to the Hunter ass'n but as Andy points out I have n't had a reply yet.
The leads for larger headsails are at the port and stbd qt'rs,
I have a photo of the 265 flying a cruising chute but not the
120% Genoa I would like. I will see what the other sailmakers say as well. Mean time thanks.
Abdiel
 
My Ranger 245 had a cruising chute and would sail at 60 degrees to the wind. I always wished I had a genoa for light winds though. Plenty of 245's were fitted with a genoa and winches on the coamings .... I believe the 265 rig is identical.

I assume you have talked to Hyde Sails and Elvstom Sails on the Hamble?
 
I believe that Hyde were original sail suppliers for many Hunter boats and will probably be able to advise you. We had a cruising chute on our Hunter 272 (model before the 265) and it sailed well with it up, even pointed quite tightly if well sheeted in.
 
Previusly had a Hunter Horizon 272 and now have a Hunter Channel 323. Both had/have Genoas with tracks and absolutely no problem with the speaders. Sails for the 323 were made by Kemp, think the ones for the 272 were Hyde.
 
Hunters rig with the self tacking jib arrangement was always intended to be accompanied by a crusiing chute which hunter marketed as a "Scooper" and many people took this "extra" option to improve off wind perfromance but if you are lazy like me you won't always be bothered with it :-( so it's a good idea to have a genoa. It can be done because when Hunter or Select revamped the Ranger 265 into the ''Channel 27'' they rigged it with an overlapping Genoa, with tracks on the decks.

Try talking to Paul at Elvestrom Sobstad
 
I'm pleased with new sails we got 2 years ago (to replace the original 1990 ones!) for our non-self-tacking-jib Hunter 27 T/K from Peter Sanders http://www.sanders-sails.co.uk.

No trouble with the spreaders and a 130% genoa, but I might get some more reinforcement on the main for running when reefed.

We got quotes from most places, and Sanders were about the middle of the price range (more than Jeckells, slightly more than Hyde, less than Banks, and err, somebody else) - A friend's good experience on his 45 footer (IIRC, he bought three or four new sails from Sanders over the course of a couple of seasons) tipped the balance.

Full-length battens & cars (5 mins with a Dremel to "modify" track slot) on the main have made a huge difference.

We've got a ratty old chute that we use occasionally, when we can be bothered.
 
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