Heavy Air Sail Dimensions

[borregomark]

I picked up one of the last few Island Sail genoas in the Ship's Store for the vast majority of my sailing use. I have been combing the archives for handling the occasional storm events that have caught me at the Channel Islands. It is fun to read that these "storms" are a normal day in the Bay area. I like Steve Frost's plan to run a C34 110% as a C36 90%. Does anyone know the dimensions of this sail so I may start hunting for a used one?

Thanks

[Nimue]

I don't know the exact dimensions, but a 90% jib would have a luff length to fit on your furler (different for each boat, 43' exactly on my boat) and an LP of about 13-14' - LP and foot length will be within a few inches of each other at this size.

My heavy air jib has luff 43' and LP 14.5', works good!

[caprice 1050]

Jason
Do you have a standard rig or tall rig? 43 feet sounds like a tall rig.

[Nimue]

Nope, standard rig. I measurement is 44.8'. Tall rig is about 2' taller.

If anyone with a tall rig wants to trade though, let me know!

[borregomark]

Thanks for the input. 43ft will fit my standard rig. Here I go to save a ton more cash with the help of this great Association. I am stoked!

Have a great week all.

[stu jackson c34]

LOOK before you leap. The LP is only one of the dimensions that are important.

The others include the height of your tack off the deck, the height of the clew, and the fairlead to forward-most position of your track.

A jib can be a deck sweeper, or it can have a high clew, like a Yankee, and STILL have the same LP.

For example, you could fly your jib upside down, and it'd still have the same LP.