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PeteCooper said:
I would suggest that having one non-roller sail that works from 12mph to 30mph is not the best way to go. If the sail is OK in 30mph then you will be very underpowered at 12mph.
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Starting second season with the boat, we got halfway thought last season and had only put no 2 up by mistake, so took it off. We have a No 1 (130%?) onboard that we can carry to about 15-18 knots the No 3 is still a 100% headsail.

Problem is we sail in busy waters, once we have 12 knots of wind boat is still doing 6 knots with no 3. We can easily see behind it, the no 1 or no 2 you are constantly looking to leeward for the silly sod sneaking up and blind siding you. I still think the No3 is more efficient than a 1/3 rolled Genoa. We may loose 1/2 a knot in 12 knots of wind but we could always carry the No 1 longer...

By the time we have got to 25+ knot winds we are double reefed on the main and ploughing along like idiots, wondering if it was such a bright idea but not really fancying changing down headsails to the worker...
 
If you carry the No 1 up to 18 knots(sorry I misread and went for mph in my first response!) and then go for the No 3 if the wind increases that would be fine - I just feeel that if you are racing you would lose too much by hoisting the No 3 from 12 knots upwards - 1/2 a knot is an awful lot of boatspeed to give away in a race.
 
And another for Saunders.

However our most recent genoa and main have been made by North partly because Saunders did not at that time offer a leech line on the main that could be adjusted at the mast (though they now do, was that us I wonder?), essential on a boat like ours where the boom is well above head height to put an end to balancing acts on a winch. And partly because the skipper wanted tri-radial cruising sails which their Nordac fabric enabled us to have.
 
PeteCooper said:
If you carry the No 1 up to 18 knots(sorry I misread and went for mph in my first response!) and then go for the No 3 if the wind increases that would be fine - I just feeel that if you are racing you would lose too much by hoisting the No 3 from 12 knots upwards - 1/2 a knot is an awful lot of boatspeed to give away in a race.
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When we actually change varies down varies, we have found below 12 knots we loose to much reducing to No 3. If I/we have my daughter with us (she is 5) the no 3 is much less stress also single handed with the PM sea breeze due then 12 or above No 3 it is.

We have done little racing yet although have a laminate jobby main on standby if we get serous. It just seem criminal to fit that with sail slides and extra reefs... Although lets face it a 30 year old IOR era 3/4 tonner is going to struggle against modern IRC desgins even with handy cap.

If we start racing we will be looking to be the highest place boat on the lowest budget. Hell we bought an oil lamp for the cabin and a new fan heater the other day, we will not be taking racing to seriously...

Now for the grumble, just getting there quotes in...
Hong Kong are doing poor they have quoted for cross cut :S
The others why do they give you a price of 2 reefs when you want 3? Then list further down the price for the third? Or leave the battens to add on at the end, is that for all of them or just one? Hmmmm.
Only one has given a straight price, including vat...
 
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