Re: Furlers (Barton vs Harken vs CDI)

SolarFry@aol.com
Thu, 13 May 1999 16:39:08 EDT


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In a message dated 5/13/99 11:12:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
JBlumhorst@aol.com writes:

<< For either the CDI, you may have to cut down your sail so the luff is
short
enough for the extrusion. I spoke to Dennis at Odessey sails a while back
and asked about that >>

Dudes:

I believe you lose 33 % of sail area when you trim a standard non furling
sail to current CDI sail sizes. Therefore, I would suggest moving jib halyard
block further up mast to accomodate existing sails without trimming. This
should create a CDI luff size about same length as standard non furling sails
(non furling jib = cdi lapper in size) That way you save cost of buying a
genoa later on...

Summer's here...

Best
Solar Fry
P19 # 1028, "Elusive Margin"
Pompano Beach, FL
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