Nigel Barron
Notorious Iconoclast
I was looking at the numbers with a friend on the size of spinnakers that we use on my Ericson 27. I use A-Sails. It turns out that the size of my white A-Sail seen in the pictures in this thread is not too much bigger than a Melges 24 A-Sail. I have arranged for the use of a set of Melges 24 spinnakers in a few weeks, and will report what I find.
This does open a lot of options for others. With a competitive one design class like the Melges 24, picking up used sails is really cheap. For the purpose I intend, it also looks like the Melges 24 sails will work pretty well. It is a class rule that the cloth is .9oz. It is also going to be nice and flat, and being a little smaller for reaching and heavy air is not that bad. Anyway, just some thoughts.
Anyone else with an Ericson 27 have success buying used sails from other boats? Main, jibs?
Nigel
This does open a lot of options for others. With a competitive one design class like the Melges 24, picking up used sails is really cheap. For the purpose I intend, it also looks like the Melges 24 sails will work pretty well. It is a class rule that the cloth is .9oz. It is also going to be nice and flat, and being a little smaller for reaching and heavy air is not that bad. Anyway, just some thoughts.
Anyone else with an Ericson 27 have success buying used sails from other boats? Main, jibs?
Nigel
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