A foam luff simply takes out some of the excess material and gives you a better shape. In the early days of furling sailors would throw towels into the genoa. It's important to note that there are two

I'm glad I have an inner forestay with a staysail....big genoas even with rope or foam luffs have a bad shape when furled......they look ok from the cockpit, but if you look at them from in front of

Heil we have used super sail in Florida for our heavy weather headsail. It's an 11 ounce hundred and 10% high clue sail. It's used in the Caribbean and areas where we feel the wind will exceed 25 kn.

As a headsail is reefed by rolling it on the foil, it will develop a bulge or bag in the center portion of the sail. The more that it is reefed, the larger will be the bag destroying the sail shape.

Because of the curve of the sail, with no foam luff the top and bottom furl tightly and the fuller centre of the sail furl snot so tightly. So when reeled the centre of the sail becomes more baggy as

Does anyone have a list of the blocks on a Super Maramu that I can match up to the running rigging list? Bill BeBe #387

Hi Gerhard, I'm not an afficiando when it comes to different sail materials, and I don't remember the weight of my sails. I do know they are a high quality dacron with Spectra woven in, and radial

Dennis, this may be a perfect question for Amel owner, Dave Benjamin, of Planet Sails to respond to. I can tell you what I noticed, but he can tell why. Hopefully Dave will read this and

A foam luff seems to help the sail furl more evenly...especially important when reefing a furling sail. Bill

Hi Bill, What exactly does a foam luff do and what are the advantages of specifying over a standard one Happy Sails Dennis il flauto magico sm 408

We paid for the foam luff on Hydranet sails we bought in Turkey...well worth it when reefing. Bill BeBe

Hello Gerhard, These are the specifications and price of my new genoa. 110% Genoa All Purpose...................................2.235 euro Contender Supercruise 9 oz Dacron material Cross-cut panel

Hello Gerhard, I am not an Amel owner yet but on my last boat, I had a foam luff. It made the sail set better when partially reefed. In my opinion, the foam luff is better value than the higher

Hi Rink & Kent, Thanks for your reply. What material, weight and cut did you use for your foresail? I'm also looking at using Hydra-Net radial from Dimension Polynant OR Fibercon Hybrid with

Bill, Thank you. Very informative. Regards, Will

Experiences and preferences may differ form person to person. We also changed our big genoa for a 110% (yankee) specially for the mediterranen / Agean. I disliked the big sail in the rapidly upcoming

I am fairly sure that the CALPEDA pump ID plate on BeBe #387 reads either 1.5 or 1.8 cubic meters/hour. If it is 1.5 cubic meters/hour, that is 6.6 gal/min. If it is 1.8 cubic meters/hour...if so,

I believe this will answer your question regarding the HIN (hull Identification number): http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm Bill BeBe

Reinhold, The most important thing is which boat is in the best condition and has the best history of care. They are all old. If you are thinking a lot about resale value my opinion is any of these

I have the specs for the Calpeda CM-20 Centrifugal Pump Model BMP-35 08.811.203 also called: BCM20E - but I honnestly don't understand it. If you let me know your email I can send you the .pdf file.