My #38 came with that same ~80% jib by Reggie Armstrong. It is old and soft and stretched but it still works pretty darn good in strong gusty wind. I also got what I think must be the original 150 genoa by RA. Also old but still works really well in light air. I don't know what I have for the original main, I'll take a look sometime - maybe it is also an original RA main... cheers, John On 03/19/2018 05:29 AM, Dave Scobie wrote:
jib……about an 80%
seems to be small for the M17 working jib ... a sail that size would be in the 'large storm jib' size. the usual working jib for the M17 is about 110%.
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 7:14 AM, Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote:
My M17 #278 also came to me with a Reggie Armstrong main and matching jib……about an 80% or so. The two of them combined had some magic voodoo that I’ve never been able to duplicate. Like getting her up on plane doing 6 knots plus going to weather in enough wind to have some nice whitecaps…….and heeled over no more than 15 to 20 degrees or so. Magic stuff. Similar performance with the same blown out main with 2 reefs and a 60% storm jib in wind blowing 25 knots plus. Just dancing along.
Reggie had his personal demons, but he knew how to build a sail. Or at least he got it right with the one he built for my boat.
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