[quote=bradinjax]Hi jalex.
My 5.7 came with original sails for cruising and a modified Tornado squaretop from late 90's for racing. I like the squaretop so much I use it all the time and just have the original pin as a spare. I also swapped the original jib for a Hobie 18 jib and added a roller furling. Total sail area added with the squaretop and larger jib was about 40 square feet. Big difference in light wind performance but it becomes a handful to solo when wind is 15+. Two man is required over 20mph wind. I have decided to keep it boomless as I often sail with beginner sailors and it is just one less thing...
The cast aluminum rudder gudgeon cracked at the bottom which I am told is a well known problem. I chose to reinforce the gudgeon with welded bars 3 inches wide top to bottom on both sides and have had no problems since.
The installation of the roller furling and H18 jib took away the need for the barber haulers and I removed them. The H18 jib has a foot 2 or 3 feet longer which caused me to remove the through-tramp jib wire and move the jib blocks back to re-attach to the tramp lacings. I only made this modification a month or so ago but so far I really like it.
I looked at the cost and complexity of adding the spin kit and decided it cuts into my future ownership plans for a Stiletto 27 too much.
Brad in Jax
G-Cat 5.7 (needs work)
Hobie 18 (needs more work)
future Stiletto 27 owner[/quote]
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