Salsa Verde and her 4 only crew (Jon, Erdem, Ted and me) available to race yesterday sailed out to Epping Forest in 15-20 kt from the NE. The sail there was longer than expected and the brown splashes of the St John’s were often over our heads. The clean bottom showed us high numbers on the lock! We were all positive that we would do great in that race! For once…

We missed the skipper’s meeting at Epping, but Rosanne from Liberty Call generously gave us the info. We had the #3 and the full main out. Right after the start, we had to gibe around marker 5… And that was the end of it. The main halyard splicing gave up on the hard gibe.

So we took the main down, the #3 down and hoisted the medium #1 for a fast sail downwind to Julington Creek. On our way south we were looking at the competition being slammed down with their spinnaker in the water when the strong gusts were hitting… Some more conservative went under jib only, still pretty fast! We saw up to 9.8 kt on the lock under #1 only!!! Fun and exausting day regardless of the poor racing performance…

*** SOLD ON DEC 22nd… Thank you!!!

This is a beautiful used symmetrical spinnaker that was on my J/30. It is 0.75 oz cloth still in good conditions. There are a few patches (some professionally sewn and other stick-on) but no holes. It is blue, green and white with a line of flags in the center. The white area has some blue stains (see picture). It comes in a yellow launching bag.

Dimensions: Leech 34’ and Foot 22.5’.

The sail is stored in my house in Gainesville, but I travel to Jacksonville often, so if you needed we could arrange to meet anywhere in between. Otherwise I can ship it anywhere, but not sure how much that would cost yet. Don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions!

Thanks!
magalie@salsaverde.org