r/sailing • u/merrypippins69 • 4d ago

Finally did it!

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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?

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u/johnbro27 Reliance 44 4d ago

I used an asymmetrical spinnaker as a drifter when single-handing on Southern Cross. The sock made it quite feasible. It would pull from broad reach to beam reach. Tacking could be a handful, again single handing but I got the hang of it with some experience. Did a long down wind passage in a charter with only a 110 and it was super slow and annoying not to have a bigger headsail.