[quote=BigWhoop]Well ... lemme see. The class rules say:
g) Third sail parameters are: 7. Maximum luff 30 ft. (9.15 meters) Maximum foot 20 ft. (6.1 meters) Minimum S.M.G. 13 ft. (3.96 meters)
I think the S.M.G. is semi-mid girth and and is intended to make the sail fatter in the middle so it looks like a spinnaker and not like a genoa. My first generation kite had almost equal luff and leech and the second generation one had dimensions much closer to yours. Unless the used spinnaker is a bargain I'd pass. It's probably useful as a spare but that's it. If it were me I'd look for a Tornado kite so I could set up a snuffer arrangement on the pole. I couldn't get a snuffer to work with my kite since it was way too fat in the middle and just got all balled up.
Also depends on your intended use. If you're just going sailing then a simple pole will do. A couple of minutes getting it up or down won't mean anything. If you're racing you want the snuffer. If you're racing there aren't any one desing type races anymore so you'll get a DPN number, without spinnaker, plus a spinnaker correction. Since they don't care whether the spinnaker or pole is class legal or not then any pole length and spinnaker is OK.
Have fun!
Charles[/quote]
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