The race is still for sailboats only.
by Synthia Petroka
What is your budget & expectations?
Minimum: Mainsail, #3, #1, .75 oz AP spinnaker
Budget: Minimum plus blast reacher (135%) or butterfly, and 1.5 oz shy kite
No limit: Budget plus jib top (155%), more kites than food!
Sport Boats: Asymmetric spinnakers
4 Legs of the race
Start to Pt. Bonita: Beat
Normal: start with #1, change to #3 outside gate
Light air: Light #1
Heavy air: #3
Close Reach: Can’t carry yet
Normal: Blast Reacher
Light air: Jib Top, Drifter, Code Alpha, VMG spinnaker
Heavy air: Blast Reacher
Running:
Normal: Reacher or shy kite, asymmetric, what you have when you can
Light air: Drifter
Heavy air: shy kite
Trade Winds to Finish:
Normal: full sized spinnaker during day-runner. At night, heavy air
kite, butterfly jib, polled out blast reacher
Light air: .5 oz, AP for higher AWA
Heavy air: shy kite
Storm Sails: storm trys’l, storm jib, Gail sail (ATN)
Spinnaker Socks: ATN
Spinnaker Nets: fills fore triangle with something to keep spinnaker from wrapping around
forestay.
Outgrabbers: floating block suspended from boom, attaches to spinnaker sheet between clew and
boat, pulls clew outboard to stabilize spinnaker.
Sail repair kit
General items
Scissors – strong enough to cut boltrope Sailmakers palm – don’t scrimp here
Sailmakers needles Waxed hand sewing thread
Seam ripper Insignia cloth repair tape
Webbing Leather
Spare battens Denatured Alcohol
Ice pick or awl
Luff attachments
Slugs, slides, shackles, round rings
Take your sails to a loft to be checked
Sail Lofts:
UK Sailmakers Alameda 510-523-3966 www.uksailmakers.com
Spinnaker Shop Palo Alto 650-858-1544 www.spinnakershop.com
Santa Cruz Sails Santa Cruz 831-454-0868
*used Sail Warehouse, The 831-646-5346 www.thesailwarehouse.com
*used Sail Exchange 949-631-0193 www.sailexchange.com
Rooster Sails Alameda 510-523-1977 www.roostersails.com
Quantum Sails Richmond 510-234-4334 www.quantumsails.com
*used Pineapple Sails Oakland 510-522-2200 www.pineapplesails.com
North Sails Alameda 510-522-5373 www.northsails.com
Neil Pryde Sails Sausalito 415-827-1177 www.neilprydesails.com
Lee Sails Alameda 510-523-9011
Larsen Sails Santa Cruz 831-476-3009 www.neilprydesails.com
Hood Sailmakers Sausalito 415-332-4104 www.hoodsailmakers.com
Hogin Sails Alameda 510-523-4388 www.hoginsails.com
Haynes Sails San Rafael 415-459-2666
Halsey Lidgard San Mateo 650-347-2540 www.halseylidgard.com
Doyle Sailmakers Alameda 510-523-9411 www.doylesails.com
Problem areas to check:
Head: Headboard, webbed rings, web loops
Luff attachments: Slugs/slides, grommets, shackles
Reefs: Pressed ring corrosion, intermediate points
Corners: Corner & sail body join
Leech: Leech line and cleats, Batten pockets
Stitching: Seams, UV covers