The weather forecast for upcoming sailing weekend … a couple of quiet days.
As the expected wind speed is 5-
The gennaker was delivered by De Vries Sails Makkum B.V. more then month ago but were not able to use it so far.
Few days ago we unrooled the stripper containing the gennaker at home – well, we had to open the front door.
Our allround cruising gennaker has 97.50 m2 and is make from 1.5 oz. Nylon (65 gr / m2) CPN 140 Dimension-Polyant in colours black and yellow.
We are very curious how it will work.
Handy tips on how to sail a gennaker: