Sabre Sabre 30, Owner'S Manual

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The following sails are recommended only as a guide to sail selection and should be
discussed thoroughly with your local sailmaker prior to actual selection.
14:01 MAINSAIL: The mainsail should be made from 6 ounce to 8 ounce cloth (depending
on boat length) and should incorporate 2 sets of "Jiffy Reef" points of approximately 3
1/2 ft. depth each. An optional third reed point is suggested for boats 34 feet or larger
and for all boats used for extended offshore sailing. A Flattening reef and Cunningham
are options that should be discussed with your sailmaker.
14:02 GENOAS: The following chart should serve only as a guide to genoa selection for
both conventional and roller furling headstays.
Sail Inventory
Genoa
No.
%
Overlap
Sail Cloth
Weight
Comments
One Headsail 2 130% 6 1/2 ­ 7 oz.
Reefable (Jiffy or Roller
Reefing)
Two Headsails 2 130% 6 1/2 ­ 7 oz.
3 90­105% 6 1/2 ­ 7 oz. Depending on Boat Length
Three Headsails 1 150% 4 1/2 ­ 5 oz.
2 130% 6 1/4 ­ 7 oz.
Reefable (Jiffy or Roller
Reefing)
3 90­150% 6 1/2 ­ 8 oz. Depending on boat length
Storm Jib ­ ­­ ­­ See Storm Sails
14:03 STORM SAILS: It is recommended that storm sails (storm trysail and storm jib) be
purchased for all boats doing extended offshore sailing. Consult your sailmaker for sizes
and weights of cloth.
14:00 SAIL SELECTION
14:04 SPINNAKERS:
TYPE
SAIL CLOTH
WEIGHT
COMMENTS
Racing
One Spinnaker
Tri­radial or radial head 3/4 oz.
Two Spinnakers
Tri­radial or radial head 3/4 oz.
Tri­radial 1 1/2 oz. Flatten for heavy air
Cruising
Cruising Chute 3/4 oz.
Cruising type; no pole or spinnaker gear
necessary
14:05 OPTIONAL SAILS: A wide variety of specialty type sails are available for
cruising and racing. Your local sailmaker should be consulted to assist you in the
selection of these sails.
14:05 SETTING OF SAILS:
MAINSAIL upwind in moderate conditions, the traveler car should be moved about 3­6" to
weather of the centerline and the mainsheet tightened until the top batten is parallel to
the boom. The boom should then be just about on the centerline of the boat. If 25 degree