I would like to add an asym cruising
spinnaker to my
Hunter 38 for sailing down the Pacific Coast and cruising in the
Sea of Cortez.
I have my eye on a couple of used
sails that look appropriate but am not sure of the overall length needed. If I were
buying new I'd just let the
sailmaker figure it out.
The
boat is a fractional rig with an "I" dimension of 46'8". The
spinnaker halyard is ~1' above the forestay/jib.
Since the foot of a spinnaker will fly above the pulpit that seems to indicate a shorter length, but the "belly" of the sail when flying indicates some additional lenth.
Need some voices of experience here...