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Joe Diver
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Initially Posted - 01/28/2012 :  16:11:18  Show Profile
When I bought my boat, there was an extra sail down in the sail locker, folded neatly in a sail bag with sheets tied to it. The PO had never used it and said he knew it was there but never took it out.

As part of my winter and pre-spring cleaning projects, I finally got this sail out with a buddy and laid it out on my driveway to see what I've got.

I was surprised, it's actually in very good shape. Crisp, no stitching coming loose, no rips or tears, and only slightly dirty, with a couple of moldy areas. It can easily be cleaned up to be a really nice sail! Sheets need to be replaced, and all the brass hanks are corroded, but I've got a dozen already.

I measured it as best I could with a buddy and a tape:

Luff - 27' 8"
Foot - 16'
Leech - 27' 11"

Can someone tell me what I've got here?
Scott

When we left, we had just enough fuel to make it to San Juan. And now... we are out of fuel!


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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 01/28/2012 :  17:20:20  Show Profile
At a guess I'd say a 155% genoa.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 01/28/2012 :  17:23:51  Show Profile
A friend of mine just bought, at auction, a Capri 26, no headsail. I'll check the measurements, he might be interested. No promises. How much do you want for it?
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 01/28/2012 :  18:36:10  Show Profile
Measure the Luff Perpendicular (LP). That's a line from the luff to the clew that forms a 90 degree angle to the luff. Compare that to the distance from the bow to the mast. On your boat, the "J" measurement is 10'3" Do the math and you will have the measurement of the sail as a percentage. Then you'll know if you have a 110%, a 135%, etc.
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 01/28/2012 :  20:00:52  Show Profile
I'm not gonna sell it....if it is a big 150 that's great, I've wanted one. I figured it was a big genny since it measures 16' along the foot and we're 10' tack to mast.

Seems like "maybe" 20% of the time the winds are 8-14 kts.....the rest of the time it's either barely blowing or going to town at 25 to 35 kts. I wanted a big drifter for the light wind days and a little storm for the more blustery days.

Another sailor on the lake told me if I wanted to sail more, get a big drifter and a tiny storm....put everything out on light days, and reef the main with the storm on the really windy days....and I'll get as much sailing as I want.

I'm just happy it's in such good condition....just needs a bit of cleaning, new hanks and sheets and it's ready to go.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/28/2012 :  20:20:28  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Doing the math from your measurements it sounds like you've got a 155% sail.

How are you going to replace the hanks? Do they just bend off and on?
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 01/29/2012 :  08:10:13  Show Profile
I bought these brass hanks from West Marine. Looks like you just bend them closed once on the sail.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 01/30/2012 :  20:52:50  Show Profile
Based on other sail measurements I've seen, it looks like you have a 145-150 genoa. A std rig 150 has a luff of approx. 29.5 ft and a foot of approx. 17.3 ft. The J on a C-25 is 10.5', so a 150 will have a LP measurement of 15.75.
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