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Wind Chime wrote:Here's what I'm doing to start the "off-season" ... I've turned our library into a sail loft! Well just temporarily to double dry all 10 sails we own. 2 for the Walker Bay sailing dingy, and 8 for the Mac-X (2-mainsails, 1-genoa, 1-staysail, 1-storm jib, 3-spinnakers)

Hope you're doing the same - it breaks my heart to watch sails turn green with moss on other boats at the marina from neglect over the winter.

Thats a bit piggie, Three spinnakers!!!!

Sell me one (cheap of course), my partner will be in Vancouver in January visiting her daughter, you must have a spare assy you dont need, that could do with some good old Australian wind filling it

Sorry sailboatmike .... no can do - that would be like selling one of our kids

... besides only one is an Asymmetrical, the other two are a Symmetrical and a Genaker.

Yep going to pull my boat out of the lake tomorrow......... oh wait I live in Texas only pulling it out to go race at another lake!

Sorry we have 12 month worth of sailing, however I do take about 3 months off in the winter. Do wish I lived in florida some times!! May go to Corpus Cristi in February. That would make only 2 months of no sailing.

Wind Chime wrote:Sorry sailboatmike .... no can do - that would be like selling one of our kids

... besides only one is an Asymmetrical, the other two are a Symmetrical and a Genaker.

There's a difference between a Asym and a Gennaker?

EZ wrote:

Wind Chime wrote:Sorry sailboatmike .... no can do - that would be like selling one of our kids

... besides only one is an Asymmetrical, the other two are a Symmetrical and a Genaker.

There's a difference between a Asym and a Gennaker?

To my thinking;
- The asymmetrical is cut deeper than a Genaker, more like a symmetrical spinnaker but with a short leach so no pole is required.
- The Genaker is cut more flat like a jib or a big Genoa - the flatter shape enables pointing higher than a traditional asymmetrical and acts similar to a light air Genoa.

There are some good Sail-Smiths on this site that can probably explain it better, but the below link is to a thread that has some photos of our sails that I think help visualize the difference between symmetrical, asymmetrical, and Genaker.
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... er#p306212

According to most sources Cruising Spinnaker, Gennaker and Asymmetric are all interchangeable terms for the same sail, asymmetric has become a more popular term now because more racing boats are using them because of the extra speed and being able to hold them much higher to the wind than a traditional symmetric

K9 words of wisdom: It ain't drinkin' alone when the dog is home![/quote]

In dog beer's, I've only had one...

Bluenote

I,m never alone apparently I,ve got this imaginary friend I never knew I had until I started watching my dash cam vids , u,d never believe how much u talk to urself but when u start to answer urself while driving thats worrisome because I,m sober
while @ home thinking & planning mods for my boat while havin a few Scotch he does help me come up with some good Idea,s , but by then I,ve had a few
beautiful sunny day here in Vic. 12C maybe go out to the boat storage yard this week & work on the boat need to reorganize some stuff

J

Bluenote wrote: In dog beer's, I've only had one...

Bluenote

while @ home thinking & planning mods for my boat while havin a few Scotch he does help me come up with some good Idea,s , but by then I,ve had a few

+1

I do my best mod thinkin' - while I'm at home drinkin'