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sail area

  • 09 Feb 2015 09:48
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    Reply # 3221105 on 3220568
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    Roger,
    from time to time (quite often, actually) the question of what is the right sail area, has been debated here. Maybe this thread could be of some interest.

    Arne

     
  • 09 Feb 2015 05:32
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    Reply # 3220906 on 3220568
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    If the Oracle is a weed, the Grasshopper is a pansy: 155 cm and 52kg.  I can haul my 29 sq m sail up from the cockpit without my winch.  But only since I fitted roller bearing blocks to the sheet and upper halliard blocks.  Before then I resorted to the winch for the last panel.  I still tend to use the winch when shaking out a reef if it's rough, because I don't have much of a sense of balance.
  • 09 Feb 2015 02:52
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    Reply # 3220830 on 3220568
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    I can concur with Gary, I raise my main (460 sq.ft.) with a 3 to 1 purchase by hand except for the last 3rd of the last panel. I also sheet it by hand and have never needed a winch for that. The foresail at 240 sq.ft. is a doodle and is no problem at all. Roller bearing blocks in the sheet do help though. I have them in my main but not in the foresail.

    Can't see you needing any winches to handle a Folkboat's sail.


    BTW I'm not particularly big at 1.75M and 65kg. A weed in fact.

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  • 08 Feb 2015 23:34
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    Reply # 3220705 on 3220568
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    I raise the main which is 325sqft without winches. Susie can manage the foresail at 258 sqft, so I think you'll be fine. A folkboat doesnt need winches, in fact neither does our 35'er, and fellow Aussie with a 40'er doesn't have them either. Only reason I can think of installing one is to help Susie on the main. cheers
  • 08 Feb 2015 18:45
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    Hello, I have the PJR book, and am in the process of converting my folkboat, which has a displacement of approx 2tonne, and is approx 26 ft long, haslers sail area was approx 240sq ft, but does anybody have practical experience with a slightly larger sail area, gybing, handerling, etc I had a sailplan of roughly 243 sq ft, but with a lower aspect ratio of about 1.8 as opposed to haslers 2.1 I don't wish to start using winches to haul the sail, and as I gave no experience of the junk rig, I am looking for real world experiences of a traditional flat sail up to about 300sq ft. Thanks Roger
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