RedHerring
Member II
Best jib/spinnaker setup on a bluewater cruising 35-2
I'm getting my 35-2 ready for more ocean sailing, some of which is going to be upwind. What I have:
* an ancient and unreliable roller furler that I need to either replace or get rid of (leaning towards "replace") .
* a genoa which is HUGE (135 or 140, methinks), doesn't let me point well and is cut to sweep the deck, which means no visibility and lots of chafing on the pulpit.
* a newish asymmetric spinnaker. We've only flown it for maybe 50 out of ~3000 miles I've sailed on this boat so far. This sail is too small for the conditions where you'd really want to switch to it from a poled out genoa. I don't know if it was originally cut for the Ericson, about right height, but seems narrow (foot barely stretches past the mast).
What I'm asking for: some sage advice on what furler to put in, and what to do about the sails. As in, if you had to replace the whole shebang, what would you think is the best genoa / spinnaker combination for sailing a 35-2 on the ocean with one person in the cockpit?
I'm getting my 35-2 ready for more ocean sailing, some of which is going to be upwind. What I have:
* an ancient and unreliable roller furler that I need to either replace or get rid of (leaning towards "replace") .
* a genoa which is HUGE (135 or 140, methinks), doesn't let me point well and is cut to sweep the deck, which means no visibility and lots of chafing on the pulpit.
* a newish asymmetric spinnaker. We've only flown it for maybe 50 out of ~3000 miles I've sailed on this boat so far. This sail is too small for the conditions where you'd really want to switch to it from a poled out genoa. I don't know if it was originally cut for the Ericson, about right height, but seems narrow (foot barely stretches past the mast).
What I'm asking for: some sage advice on what furler to put in, and what to do about the sails. As in, if you had to replace the whole shebang, what would you think is the best genoa / spinnaker combination for sailing a 35-2 on the ocean with one person in the cockpit?
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