[quote=bcdd97]Approximate Sizes of Potential Beachcat Mains:
Prindle 18 26.75 x 7.7
Prindle 18-2 Similar to P18
Hobie 18 26 x 8.5
Hobie 17 26 x 7.3
There are likely other boats in the 17 to 19 ft range that would work - Nacra 5.2 or 5.5 or 5.7.
For the jib, Prindle 19, Tornado, and Hobie 18 are the biggest you'd typically find. Once you decide on your main, a sailmaker could advise on an appropriate jib that would best balance the main. You'd want to correlate the boat's center of lateral resitance with the sailplan's center of effort. Besides the area of the sails, you can modify the center of effort through the rake of the mast. You can modify the center of resistance through the position of the centerboard. If you have a daggerboard, that's not really an option.
I'd go with a local sailmaker, provided he can provide the sail in a reasonable timeframe.[/quote]
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