Looking for Hank on Head Sails for C27

[Bob Marsh]

I have decided not to do roller furling for the time being and am looking for used Headsails for my C27. I only have an original equipment 100% working jib.

Any Suggestions of what would be good for me? .....or offers to sell?

Thanks

Bob Marsh
s/v Aquanell
1977CD#51
Dunedin FL



bbbob@gte.net

[chuck yahrling]

I have decided not to do roller furling for the time being and am looking for used Headsails for my C27. I only have an original equipment 100% working jib.

Any Suggestions of what would be good for me? .....or offers to sell?

Thanks

Bob Marsh
s/v Aquanell
1977CD#51
Dunedin FL

Bob;

I use a 110 and a 150 on my CD-27. I a made foredeck bag from a Sailrite kit, and use sail ties made from leftover webbing and nylon quick-release buckles you can get at a camping store. The ties go along the safety lines and help douse the sail quickly. They hold it up out of the mud when anchoring or picking up a mooring.

I tie the jib halyard to the headboard, and sit on the coach roof pulling either jib down with the "down-haul" while gathering it into the sail ties. Later, I roll it up into the bag when leaving the boat for a few days, but just leave it out when cruising and/or staying overnight

I'm buiding a new custom bag with an extra zipper so I can just slide it onto the tied-up jib, rather than wrestling it into the front, along with the sheets.

I have an 85 sf "storm" jib which is a nice option in above 25 kts or when I just want to go slow because of heavy chop or gunkholing. The boat also came with a North drifter which I occasionally put up in very light conditions. But unless cruising and becalmed the poled-out 150 does pretty well.

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cyahrlin@cisco.com

[Paul]

Chuck

How does the CD27 balance with the 85sqf strom jib hanked onto the head stay? Will she point at all with just the storm jib on the forestay or is it all lee helm? For the really heavy going I've been playing with the idea of a storm jib supported by its own wireluff between the standard tack position and a block placed at spreader level. I'm hoping this position will move the center of effort aft enough to balance the boat without any main or trysail. I would temporarily support the mast aft with prestretch dacron around the mast at the spreaders and back to the stern cleats to limit any pumping. I would really like to stow the main during a serious blow so I don't risk the fabric. Any opinions?

Paul

CD27 ESCAPADE #227



mrisnow@iname.com

[David Brownlee]

We have a 170% genny, which is very useful on the Chesapeake. We also have a 110%, the standard working jib, and a no. 2 jib of about 75 square feet. The boat balances very well with the last going to windward when triple reefed (yes, we have 3 rows of points), and it does okay when double reefed. We also use the smallest job off the wind on blustery northwesterly days, when we have two reefs in, to good effect.

Ann and David Brownlee
Windrush, CD 27 # 181
Havre de Grace, MD



dbrownle@sas.upenn.edu