I think a lot depends on where you are sailing.
On Crazy Fish I have had a 130% fairly low cut genoa, a 105% Yankee and currently a 135% fairly high cut genoa all on a Harken Roller Furling.
I have a hanked-on staysail and the stay is detachable.
For sailing in San Diego with its normally light winds the 135% work well and the higher cut works better for visibility. The visibility comes in handy when sailing on the bay on weekends. Offshore not so important. The staysail is normally not flown and the stay is detached so tacking is much easier. The staysail gets hanked on but normally stays in its bag when sailing to the north where the wind can be stronger. I don't think I get much out of it when using it with the 135% so its normally flown when the wind increases and the genoa gets rolled in.
With the 105% Yankee I used the staysail a lot with the Yankee and would typically gain a 0.5 knot or so when flying it.
I used this setup quite a bit when the boat was based in Los Angeles and made fairly frequent trips to the Channel Islands where the winds tended to be stronger. Easy to adjust the sail area to match the windspeed.
In the future I am looking to add a collapsible bowsprit to the boat to get the mounting point for the asymetrical spinniker out in front of the bow pulpit. It will also be used for a furled Code 0/screecher type sail and then I may look at having a new Yankee built for the boat or at least a smaller genoa built (120 to 110 ?).
Regards
Marc Hall
Crazy Fish - Maintaining, Upgrading and Sailing a Crealock 37 | SV Crazy Fish
On Crazy Fish I have had a 130% fairly low cut genoa, a 105% Yankee and currently a 135% fairly high cut genoa all on a Harken Roller Furling.
I have a hanked-on staysail and the stay is detachable.
For sailing in San Diego with its normally light winds the 135% work well and the higher cut works better for visibility. The visibility comes in handy when sailing on the bay on weekends. Offshore not so important. The staysail is normally not flown and the stay is detached so tacking is much easier. The staysail gets hanked on but normally stays in its bag when sailing to the north where the wind can be stronger. I don't think I get much out of it when using it with the 135% so its normally flown when the wind increases and the genoa gets rolled in.
With the 105% Yankee I used the staysail a lot with the Yankee and would typically gain a 0.5 knot or so when flying it.
I used this setup quite a bit when the boat was based in Los Angeles and made fairly frequent trips to the Channel Islands where the winds tended to be stronger. Easy to adjust the sail area to match the windspeed.
In the future I am looking to add a collapsible bowsprit to the boat to get the mounting point for the asymetrical spinniker out in front of the bow pulpit. It will also be used for a furled Code 0/screecher type sail and then I may look at having a new Yankee built for the boat or at least a smaller genoa built (120 to 110 ?).
Regards
Marc Hall
Crazy Fish - Maintaining, Upgrading and Sailing a Crealock 37 | SV Crazy Fish
