ted_reshetiloff
Contributing Partner
Looking into this for my boat and am wondering what any of you guys are using? Sail would be primarily for racing as I have a cruising kite now but its too flat to sail very deep with. I'm thinking of building a deck mounted sprit but don't know how PHRF will treat me. So far I have spoken to North and they recommended something called a G2 Gennaker for about $2800. Below is what North guy said:
"I have included a price as well as some information on a G-2 Tri- radial sail. This is an "all purpose" sail, since you are going with a single sail downwind inventory, this is the sail to have.
The G-2 covers a wide range of wind angles and using the .75 Nylon it will be durable enough to use in all wind speed ranges.
If you have a chance go to our website www.northsails and check out our color me fast page, this allows you to create your own custom color layout.
Feel free to contact me in our Annapolis office anytime to discuss the sail. We are currently looking at an early June delivery date."
Hello Mr. Reshetiloff,
"I have included a wind speed/angle chart which illustrates the ranges our G-series Gennakers work well in. 85-165 AWA
As you can see, the G-2 is the most versatile option, and has a sweet spot around the 135awa zone.
I would suggest going with our Norlon 75 for the most durability.
We would build the sail to max girth allowed by our PHRF region here in the Chesapeake.
Hope this helps and let me know your thoughts"
The 85-165 AWA I added bc the I could not get his chart into this post. Thats what it looked like to me. I have not yet seen my buddies FX kite but I believe it might be pretty decent. They did not use the best cloth so it may not last as long but at 1/2 the price if the shape is good I may be compelled to go that route. I dont plan to do too much racing so a sail like that would last me a longer time. I just wonder how good their (FX) shape is going to be verses a big name loft like North, Doyle, or Q. Service is important too. North uses Dacron leech tapes on this sail, Im not sure what the luff chord is made from.
"I have included a price as well as some information on a G-2 Tri- radial sail. This is an "all purpose" sail, since you are going with a single sail downwind inventory, this is the sail to have.
The G-2 covers a wide range of wind angles and using the .75 Nylon it will be durable enough to use in all wind speed ranges.
If you have a chance go to our website www.northsails and check out our color me fast page, this allows you to create your own custom color layout.
Feel free to contact me in our Annapolis office anytime to discuss the sail. We are currently looking at an early June delivery date."
Hello Mr. Reshetiloff,
"I have included a wind speed/angle chart which illustrates the ranges our G-series Gennakers work well in. 85-165 AWA
As you can see, the G-2 is the most versatile option, and has a sweet spot around the 135awa zone.
I would suggest going with our Norlon 75 for the most durability.
We would build the sail to max girth allowed by our PHRF region here in the Chesapeake.
Hope this helps and let me know your thoughts"
The 85-165 AWA I added bc the I could not get his chart into this post. Thats what it looked like to me. I have not yet seen my buddies FX kite but I believe it might be pretty decent. They did not use the best cloth so it may not last as long but at 1/2 the price if the shape is good I may be compelled to go that route. I dont plan to do too much racing so a sail like that would last me a longer time. I just wonder how good their (FX) shape is going to be verses a big name loft like North, Doyle, or Q. Service is important too. North uses Dacron leech tapes on this sail, Im not sure what the luff chord is made from.
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