Secondhand Sail Prices

AIDY

AIDY

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Anybody bought a secondhand spinnaker recently that could advise me on what i should be paying for one that is about 5 years old in A1 condition. for a 40foot boat.

<hr width=100% size=1>/forums/images/icons/wink.gif <font color=blue> Regards Andy </font color=blue>
 
Have a look <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.secondhand-sails.co.uk/spinnakers.html> Here </A> for an idea

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How do you choose a spinnaker

Am also looking for a 2nd hand Spinny this winter, but do not have a clue what size I should look for.

TC will run well as she is a cat, so I believe we could fly quite a large kite, but it must also be manageable by 1 1/2 people. She is 26ft, her mast is 30ft, 32ft including coach roof and the boats beam is 13ft 9".

I think somewhere around 25ft luff/leach, but also think that may be a little too small. Would someone who has added a spinny from scratch please tell me how they sized up the sail. I have a pole, but will probably not set up to use it, as most cats prefer to set them from hull to hull.

Thank you in advance......woof!

<hr width=100% size=1><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.topcatsail.co.uk>Woof</A>
 
Re: How do you choose a spinnaker

Suggest you go to the Seateach web site. They have a sail planner, which you have to enter specific measurements and they come up with the correct size sail and an appropriate quotation.
They also do second hand sails, and prices appear to be very competitive.

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Try Seateach ....

Cheers Nigel ..... <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.geocities.com/solentlifeuk/>http://www.geocities.com/solentlifeuk/
 
Thank you everyone, some good information here as always.

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Re: How do you choose a spinnaker

I used to fly a spinaker on my Iroquois. Tried using ropes from the bow but it doesn't really work very well as the spinaker needs to fly relatively high and the ropes don't hold it stable enough. I went back to using a pole, at the end of the day it's a lot easier. A catamaran is such a stable base that I could quite easily handle the spinaker single handed (plus an autohelm).
Got mine from Seateach but can't remember how I decided on the size...

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