Jib sizing / dimensions for a 25+

tdskip

Member II
OK - got the dimensions and compared that to our current "jib". Turns out our current "jib" is actually a genoa, and it's not the right size for the 25+.

The correct jib dimensions are;

<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2.25pt outset; BORDER-TOP: 2.25pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: 2.25pt outset; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2.25pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt" cellPadding=0 border=1><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67>Luff<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67> 25.81*<o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67>Foot<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67> 14.09*<o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 11.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; HEIGHT: 11.5pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67>Leech<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e0dfe3; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #e0dfe3; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #e0dfe3; WIDTH: 50pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e0dfe3; HEIGHT: 11.5pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=67> 22.14*<o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

A new jib seems to be +/- $1,000 which isn't in the budget right now, so I've been looking for replacement used ones and found one that is close.

I know this might be a bit of a hack, but would a

<TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR vAlign=bottom align=middle><TD>[SIZE=-1]25' luff[/SIZE]</TD><TD>[SIZE=-1]22' 8" leech [/SIZE]</TD><TD>[SIZE=-1]11' 2" foot[/SIZE]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

jib work well enough?

Thanks for being patient with my newbie question!
 
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