[Rhodes22-list] cutting down sails?

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Mike,
Sorry for taking so long to respond. The lite weight sails you are talking  
about are referred to as drifters and will work exceptionally well on your R22. 
 I would have one of them cut to the same size as a 175 on the R22. It will 
come  in handy on those low to no wind days and you will be the envy of other 
sailors. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 8/20/2008 2:13:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mikecheung at att.net writes:


A  colleague of mine who used to own a 34' sailboat has offered me a set  of
very light wind sails he still has. He said the sails worked well on  his
boat in the 2 - 6 knot wind speed range.  My question is whether  anyone has
any experience having sails from a bigger boat cut down to fit  their Rhodes? 
Was it a cost effective thing to do?  The sails are  free in this case.  I'm
thinking the headsail may be the most useful  since I could switch on the fly
if need be; our boat has the CDI furler and  it doesn't look too difficult to
change sails.  I'm not sure about  switching out the mainsail, but may have
the light wind mainsail cut down  to fit anyway if the cost isn't excessive.

Mike Cheung, s/v Muireann  1993/2004/2008 R22
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