Nigel Barron
Notorious Iconoclast
Just wanted to speak briefly about a fantastic experience I had this last weekend. I race my Ericson 27, using A-Sails on an overlength spinn pole. We have been toying with the idea of also flying a staysail, as it would work great either combined with the jib on a jib reach, or with the A-Sail on a reach. Anyway, long story short, my friend Christopher found the perfect sail for this job 2 weeks ago for $70 at the used marine store at Shilshole. We now have a Star jib that we use for this purpose, and the best part is that it is unrated sail area. We created a hard point to tack the sail to midpoint on the "J". We are consistently seeing a .2-.5 knot increase in speed with this new combination. I am really looking forward to the nice long reach back to Victoria in Swiftsure.
Nigel
Ericson 27- Green Card
Nigel
Ericson 27- Green Card