Standard Size 1 - 5 (Smaller) Asymmetrical Spinnaker, Priced By Square Meter

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Design Your Own Asymmetrical Spinnaker!<br>Standard Size Asymmetrical Spinnaker, sizes 1 to 5<br>(Sizes 6 to 18 as well as symmetrical spinnakers are available in our other listings; symmetrical spinnakers are shown here only to illustrate pattern variations)<br>Priced by square meter, shipping included<br>Please read entire listing before ordering!<br>These Standard Size Symmetrical Spinnakers sizes 1 to 5 will be made with Contender Nylite 90 (42 grams/m2 or 1.12 ounces/sailmaker’s yard).<br>No offers, please.<br>No substitutions, please.<br>Pricing and sizes in this listing are non-negotiable.<br>While we can and do make custom-sized spinnakers and Code Zeros in any of a number of materials, that is NOT what is being offered here. Designing and making a custom-sized spinnaker is a more complex undertaking than the eBay format allows.<br>“Standard Size means” that the patterns are already drawn and programmed. Cloth weights are those most common for general use or cruising spinnakers of the given size, and the pricing takes into consideration the differing costs of the two materials offered: unlike upwind sail Dacrons, spinnaker Nylon prices increase as weights get lighter. It takes a much more time on a loom to make the lighter Nylons. The Nylite 90 is more costly than the heavier Maxilite 150 used in the larger Standard Size sails. In addition, some savings of scale has been factored into the price of the larger spinnakers.<br>So again, no substitutions please, and no variations other than choice of the colors we offer. Use the dimensions given.<br>Non-conforming orders will be voided.<br>Your spinnaker will include a standard sail bag. Launch bags or snuffer sleeves are available at additional cost in our other listings and must be ordered at the same time as your spinnaker to ship free. (Use the eBay Cart feature, please!) Otherwise, standard shipping rates for bags and snuffers apply.<br>How to Measure<br>You can refer to published specifications for boats to get measurements, but most sail makers prefer that you get measurements directly from your boat. Builders and previous owners sometimes make changes without telling anyone. You can get a 100’ cloth tape measure at of the large lumber and appliance stores or on line and run it up a halyard for workable I and P measurements.<br>Please be aware that the spinnakers offered in this listing are for cruising or casual racing. Serious racers will want sails made with cloths or laminates suited to racing and designed for an exact fit that maximizes sail area, fills a niche in their sail inventory, or meets other key performance criteria. While we can and do make spinnakers and Code Zero sails to custom specifications, and out of many varied materials, including top-shelf racing Nylons and laminates, we cannot offer that sort sail design and fabrication service through a listing here.<br>If you nevertheless intend to use this spinnaker for racing, you should check your class rules. Many one-design classes have strict rules about spinnaker size and shape. If you race in PHRF fleets, the I.O.R. rule probably applies: your luff can be no greater than 95% of the square root of 2I = 2J, and the width (girth) of the sail can nowhere exceed 1.8J.*<br>The widest part of symmetrical spinnakers is typically the half width, or mid-girth line. The foot of a symmetrical spinnaker will typically be in the 1.6J to 1.8J range.<br>* “I” is the measurement along the front of the mast from the top of the spinnaker sheave to the deck sheer line (where the deck would be were there no cabin). “J” is the measurement along the deck from the headstay to the front of the mast. “I”, “J”, and the headstay thus are the three sides of the foretriangle.<br>You might possibly be able to fly a larger spinnaker on your boat when racing, but you would incur a time penalty. For more casual use, the rule of thumb is that your luff should be about your “I” measurement. The curvature of the set sail will raise the tack to pole height.<br>Cruising asymmetrical spinnakers do not necessarily need to tack to a sprit or spinnaker pole. Instead you can attach the tack to a collar that wraps around the furled headsail on the headstay. The luff of a cruising asym should not exceed “I.”<br>Cruisers who want to minimize visual obstruction can use this trick: hoist a cloth tape measure all the way on the spinnaker halyard. Walk your end out to the bow and pull the tape taught, with your hand where you want the tack to be. Take that reading – from halyard block to hand -- and add 3% (multiply by 1.03). The 3% accounts for luff curvature and should put your tack about where you want it. The leech will be