I'll have to agree to disagree with you on this one, Dave. If I remember correctly the lapper for the 15 is a 109; much larger and you would have to sheet it on the rail and pointing would suffer. You could probably go to about a 112 and still get it inside the shrouds, but then it would need to sheet a bit further aft. Jeff, if you go to a sailmaker who doesn't have a sailplan, have him email me and I'll send him one. Both Harry P and Judy B have sailplans and do very good sails. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Scobie" <wdscobie@yahoo.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Foresail Size?? the jib currently made by Elliot/Pattison Sailmakers for the M15 is 128%. get a jib the size that E/P is now making. for your quoted wind speeds, as you stated, a second reef point is nice insurance. in my opinion (IMO) you should tuck in a second reef when the wind goes about 17/18 knots on the M15. once the wind gets above the low-ish 20s you need a smaller jib. :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.com --- On Thu, 3/29/12, Jeffrey Johnston <frjeff@gmail.com> wrote:
If I'm to order new main and jib for my Monty 15 (which I'm likely to do soon):
What size range (100%, 110%, 120%, etc) jib makes the most sense. I believe the boat came standard with a 100%. I can only afford one jib at present.
My sailing will be primarily near shore Great Lakes (Lake Huron, Tawas Bay, North Channel, Georgian Bay) and smaller inland lakes. I'm guessing my winds typically to be 5-18 MPH. My main will have two reefs.
Thanks for any and all advice.
*Jeff+* Molōn labe!
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