RE: Which sail do I have?

Eric Johnson (eric@theftnet.net)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:31:00 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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Its more likely the Lapper. I just bought a standard jib and it wasn't
anywhere NEAR the 52sq ft advertised - it was much closer to say, 32 sq ft.
I've got my sails at home, I'll try to remember to measure them tonite. I
have the lapper, jib, and the genoa now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Snide [mailto:Rick@RevolutionSoftware.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 6:41 PM
> To: 'Gregory D. Welker'; wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: RE: Which sail do I have?
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> Although it's not exactly a right triangle, the method to
> calculate the area
> of a right triangle is 1/2 x base x height or by your
> measurements about 62
> SF. I would guess that it is the standard jib which is 52 SF
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory D. Welker [mailto:gwelker@erols.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 7:29 PM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Which sail do I have?
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> Having bought a used boat, which supposedly came with a genoa, I'm not
> exactly sure that's the jib I got.
> It measures approx 14.5 x 8.5, or about 123 SF. Can someone tell me which
> jib this is?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Greg Welker
> P-19 #448
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