I paid $185 for the sail, which I think was a bit high for the condition (good),
but I am pleased to just have the sail. It looks a bit tacky close up as a bit
of the blue dye has somehow faded onto the white parts -- probably while stored
in a hot place -- but otherwise it appears to be in very usable condition.
I tend to sail with my wife (i.e. single handed) so I can't really consider
setting a "real" spinnaker.
Bacon says that they seldom get small pole-less spinnakers, but I have been
successful in finding one with them both times I got the urge.
I have a copy of their list here (15' to 18' luffs) and they have a bunch of
"real" spinnakers for prices ranging from $60 to a bit over $200. I think that
the "real" spinnakers can have a luff longer than the length of your forestays
since they are always flown like a big balloon. Bacon recommends luff of
sqrt(i^2+j^2). Call 'em and ask for a current copy of their list -- they get it
out the same day, just be prepared with your mast height, luff length, sail
type etc. as they will only send the pages of the catalog you need. They are
at (410) 263-4880. They never send the whole catalog as they seem to have a
LOT of sails. Nice People.
Regards
Rye
Eric Johnson wrote:
> > I just can't understand why they'd sell such a small sail as a standard jib
> --
> > it seems uncharacteristic of IM to do something like that. Unless they
> maybe
> > don't want the novice sailors who by the boat to get into trouble with a
> larger
> > sail.
>
> >probably< to save money... that is a common reasonible factor in a lot of
> otherwise weird HMS and IM decisions. My #1 complaint is that the 32ft sail
> isn't the advertised 52ft sail... the little sail will be handy for storms,
> and i've used it in heavy conditions, but i just want to buy what's
> advertised. I was shocked when the package arrived in what looked like a
> shoebox. I thought maybe they had shipped the bag separately!
>
> > Speaking of puny sails, UPS just delivered my pole-less radial head
> spinnaker
> > from Bacon. It looks like a real doozey. I suspect it is about 150 sq.
> feet
> > and made out of .75 oz material --- so the whole big sail weighs almost
> > nothing. I had one on my old siren and it was a blast. The tack and the
> clew
> > are both controlled by lines to the cockpit so you can either fly it like a
> big
> > jib with the tack tight or loosen the tack and fly it like a great red,
> white
> > and blue kite. Great for the light air we have here on the potomac in the
> > summer.
>
> Just like Seattle in the summer. How much $ was that sail? I recently picked
> up a genoa at the end of last season, but only sailed with it a few times.
> I'm gonna love it this year though.
>
> > So now I have the full range of sails. The puny jib, a North 110 genoa and
> the
> > spinnaker --- and I still haven't had the boat on the water. The weather
> better
> > clear up soon or I am going to spend myself into the poor house -- but with
> a
> > well equipped boat.
>
> yep. I've got the puny jib, the lapper (supposedly a 76ft 110%, but who
> knows...) and the big odyssey genoa (supposedly a 155 i think - big thing!).
> Another big light-air sail is on the wish list - either a standard spinnaker
> of some sort, but more likely something like you have. It sounds like it is
> very versatile.