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Completed my cruising sails inventory with 11 sails

3K views 20 replies 13 participants last post by  JonEisberg 
#1 · (Edited)
With my most recent eBay purchase of an asym. spin., I completed my inventory of 11 sails for cruising (boat came with 4, all purchases were used sails):

1 Large symmetrical spinnaker
1 Small symmetrical spinnaker
1 Large asymmetrical spinnaker
2 Mainsails
6 Jibs: #1,#2,#3,#4,#5, and storm jib

I bought the asymmetrical for those days when the wind is at or forward of the beam and light to moderate.

I should be able to sail well on all points, upwind when the wind is about 5 knots or higher and downwind at about 10 knots or higher.:)
 
#7 ·
Seems like a lot of sails to me. I am assuming that you do not have a furler? For a circumnavigation on a 45 footer (40,000 lbs) with a removable inner stay, we have (comments based on 30,000+ blue water miles):

- main (Hood furling which was not new when we left and has done very well)
- trysail (own track, can be used as a spare main if necessary, but haven't used it yet)
- #2 for furler (North, new when we left and has been up for probably 27,000 miles)
- working jib for furler (used once, but mainly for a backup jib
- staysail (inner stay, used sometimes)
- storm jib (inner stay, never used)
- asymmetric (used fairly often, general purpose downwind sail, even almost directly downwind it has been a lot better than motoring or white sails)
 
#13 ·
Why two main sails? Is one a try-sail? Is one made of lighter fabric?

It'll be interesting to see how often you use all of them. I like having a selection of headsails to choose from, but a spinnaker, #1, #3, and storm jib seems like an adequate selection on a coastal cruiser.
 
#16 ·
Why two main sails? Is one a try-sail? Is one made of lighter fabric?
No, the second main is a backup sail, in case the first one becomes unuseable on a trip. In conditions where I would use a trysail, I would be flying a storm jib or my #4 or #5 only. The boat will sail upwind with jib alone.

It'll be interesting to see how often you use all of them. I like having a selection of headsails to choose from, but a spinnaker, #1, #3, and storm jib seems like an adequate selection on a coastal cruiser.
Yes, when cruising, I most often fly the #1 and #3, the large spinnaker and the main, but it is nice to have other selections available for particular conditions.
 
#18 ·
Where do you store all that canvas. I have a main with 3 reef points on the boom, a 135% Genoa on a furler, a staysail in its bag in its locker and a cruising shute in the same locker. in fact during the last three years the staysail and CS have not been used, that's over 15k miles. But then I am a lazy sailor.
 
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