![]() ![]() More important for the cruising sailor, it can be set up for roller furling. It is intended for low wind speeds (typically 12 knots or less) and sailing angles between 80-125 degrees true. Thus a racing CZ is a bigger sail, but not as close-winded as the cruising CZ or JibTop.Ī cruising Code Zero looks like a genoa on steroids – think of a 180% genoa and you start to get the picture. To them it’s a sail that conforms to the definition of a spinnaker, meaning the mid girth is not less than 75% of the foot girth. ![]() It’s become popular for cruisers to call these sails Code Zeros, but to a racer a Code Zero is a very different sail. After some discussion with Chris on alternatives, we settled on a Code Zero jib (also sometimes called a JibTop), an increasingly popular cruising sail. Some cruisers will turn to their engines in light winds. However if you are short on crew, setting and snuffing the chute can be a one-armed paperhanger drill. One popular option I discussed with Chris Wentz at Z Sails in Stamford is the asymmetrical cruising chute – no spinnaker pole required. The Jeanneau is like many newer boats that have smaller fractional jibs measuring less than 130%, which means that keeping the boat moving in low wind speeds is challenging. The tracks do not allow for anything bigger, so we thought about a cruising chute. My son and I recently purchased a Jeanneau 36i from Eastern Yacht Sales in Stamford, CT that has a 130% jib. Cruisers are typically shorthanded, so setting a symmetrical spinnaker with a pole usually is not practical. Sailing off the wind is particularly challenging (read frustrating) because even when you can get going to windward, when you turn the corner, you sit. The average daylight wind speeds from June to August are the lowest of the year. Sailors know that most of the time you have to wait for the afternoon southwester to get sails filled. It’s no secret to anyone who sails Long Island Sound that winds during July and August are usually on vacation. ![]()
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