J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Asymmetrical

I fly an asym from a sock on Ananda, off of a 2' carbon fiber aftermarket sprit with a bobstay to take the sprit tension.

I considered a furling system but my sailmaker was pretty pessimistic about a furler working on the J-30 - the spinnaker halyard exits basically at the forestay, which is way too close. A furler needs at least 6-8 inches of clearance to operate properly and preferably even more.

The sock is great, though, and the sail flies beautifully:

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