[quote=JohnES]My theory on the square top goes the same with adding a spinnaker to a non-spinnaker boat and that is don't do it unless the boat was set up that way from the start... there may be a problem setting the pre-bend as you spreader bars and set... Again my opinion...
I have not been happy with making the change on both a NACRA 5.8 nor a Prindle 18 which stupid me just did as part of a group purchase where the price was to ridiculous to pass up..
When I did it on the 5.8 years ago there were a lot of adjustment I had to play with, one being the mast pre-bend which got in the ball park on the other the mast rake... there was no issue with the the helm but more so a dragging feel on the boat with a close haul and a beam reach... with the narro beam these boat could point pretty high.... on a beam reach it was OK, but on a broad reach it screamed.. After countless adjustments and recommendation from EP sails I gave up on it... One day I said enough and bought a left over stock pin head sail from the factory set everything back to the known variables and was happy again... the boat preformed perfect on all points of sail... plus there were no DP-N modification factors to deal with..
On the Prindle 18 the jury is still out as I have not had them in heavy wind as of yet but the few times I have had them out there are some pluses and minuses... so far mostly minuses. It does accelerate a little faster and points a hair better, but that is it.. I feel I have lost some energy on the beam and broad reaches. I am planning to have it out this weekend as I'll have a good crew and we're suppose to have some heavy wind.. this will determine if these sails are up for the task or if I wasted money..
I know sounds odd and can open up a whole new discussion..<!-- editby --><em>Edited by JohnES on Aug 22, 2016 - 08:09 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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