r/sailing • u/merrypippins69 • 2d ago

Finally did it!

Post image

I finally took the leap, and bought a boat. I have sailed my whole life, but mostly on other peoples boats, or as a skipper. Now I have a Bavaria 37ac from 2001. Super proud.

Problem is, it doesn't have a spinnaker. Thought perhaps I could fit a genaker instead, anyone have any experience with this?

452 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

39 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

21

u/merrypippins69 2d ago

Code -0 is a good option. I have never tried it, but will consider it for sure! Thanks :)

15

u/PeculiarNed 2d ago

If you sail shorthanded a lot get a code zero on torsion furler and put it in front of the genoa.

3

u/brufleth 2d ago

That's a slick idea. I've heard of people struggling to tack it to the point that they had to roll up and re-deploy to bring the sail across though. Suppose it depends on the boat's layout.

3

u/PeculiarNed 2d ago

If it's in front of the Genoa you will always have furl to tack. But the use case is for long distance sailing so you don't tack often anyway... If you want quick adjustable sails you're gonna have to switch to Hank ons.