sail cloth weight and reefs

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ghostwriter247
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sail cloth weight and reefs

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Since sailing season is approaching its time to figure out what i want on my new main.

Im debating between two reefs or three and 6.4 vs 7.4 oz cloth weight.

How fast would the windspeed be to need for the first, second, and third reef? Im assuming the tritons perform similar to my bristol 27.

This season im sticking around a small lake, but im hoping ot move up to great lakes and do some sailing around chicago and maybe the apostles next year and was wondering is 7.4 oz and a third reef gonna be overkill? The sail out ot the apostles is 30 to 50 miles depending on where you go.

Would you make the crossing to the bahamas without the third reef on a 6.4 oz main?

thanks guys.

josh
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Re: sail cloth weight and reefs

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ghostwriter247 wrote:Would you make the crossing to the bahamas without the third reef on a 6.4 oz main?
Yes, without a moment's thought.

Buy the sail you need now. A "normal" sail will take you wherever you want to go now and in the future.

Over-equipping for "maybe someday" is an affliction that only wastes money now and leaves one with things that are ill-suited to what one is actually doing.
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thanks tim, that answers my question.

Im also ordering a strong mast track and like your triton my slot entrance for the main is well above the gooseneck. If i make them aware of that will they include the lower extension so i don't run into reefing problems or is that always an extra part?
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Re: sail cloth weight and reefs

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No: instead of just measuring the existing track itself when it's time to order, determine how long you need your Strong track to be to extend far enough, and use that measurement for your order (i.e. the length of your existing track plus whatever you need to extend the new track closer to the gooseneck). That way, your new track will be one piece of the correct length.
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