Code Zero

[a64pilot]

Of course furling an Asymetric is going to look easy in a promo video, but it does sure seem to roll up small too
https://youtu.be/1LrZYadbbc4

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Of course furling an Asymetric is going to look easy in a promo video, but it does sure seem to roll up small too
https://youtu.be/1LrZYadbbc4

As im sitting out 30knots at Cocos keeling, that sort of sailing looks very appealing..lol.

[Joli]

Sail choices for one type of boat may or may not be a good choice for another type of boat. Your style of boat will probably be starved for sail when deep which will require a colored sail and probably a pole to rotate it to weather. I doubt a code zero will be much use beyond 125 true.

[savoir]

The phrase " Code 0 " comes from the sail numbering system on bigger racing boats, Volvo boats in particular. The spinnakers were numbered 0 - 6 with odds being runners and evens being reachers. 0 was the light air reacher and 1 the light air runner. The phrase has been abused a little in marketing hype because it sounds sexy. Most sails labelled Code 0 are not a 0 at all but the cool factor is high.

[Kestrahl]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Of course furling an Asymetric is going to look easy in a promo video, but it does sure seem to roll up small too
https://youtu.be/1LrZYadbbc4

They work okay, but better if the sail is purpose designed for furling.
They don't show you in the video all the turns you have to do before the thing actually starts furling :P

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by Kestrahl

They work okay, but better if the sail is purpose designed for furling.

They don't show you in the video all the turns you have to do before the thing actually starts furling :P

Yes, begs I think for a small electric motor as a furler. Line back up of course. But a motor you only have to have a short cord to plug into a waterproof connector, like a trolling motor plug for instance. No lines on deck. These rare earth magnet motors are small, light and powerful.

[UNCIVILIZED]

One thing perhaps not mentioned enough about spinnaker furlers, or furlers for Code 0's for that matter. Is that you need an anti-torsion/luff cable for each sail. As it's what the sail wraps around when you furl it, in lieu of a headstay foil. And the cable stays inside of this furl when the sail is dropped, & bagged, or hauled below.

The catch being, that many of these cables cost as much as does a sock/snuffer for a kite. So that by the time you add in the cost of this cable, plus the furling gear, as well as the sail, & any other required hardware (such as a prod), things can get rather expensive. Even as compared to "just" the cost of the new sail.

So that by the time everything's added up, you can easily have spent 2-3x (or more) than the cost of the sail. And if you have say 3 downwind/reaching sails onboard, things can get expensive.

[a64pilot]

My cruising code zero, roughly half the cost is the sail itself, the rest is the furling hardware and the mast plate etc. mine is being attached to the two anchor rollers.
For a spinnaker I believe you need a way to tension the luff as well, hardware that I would have to buy to fly an asymmetric.