Is it a genoa or a spinnaker?
The asymmetric is not new. Rather it has been around for a very long time, only gaining widespread popularity in the last five years. Take a walk through any maritime art gallery and view the photos taken during the mighty era of JBoats, and you will notice sleek hulls carving through the water powered by oversized “balloon” genoas. These are the predecessor of the modern asymmetric spinnaker. It was during the 1970s that the asymmetric resurfaced onboard Intrepid during the Americas Cup defense trials. It was too small for the heavy displacement 12meter on a light reach, but proved devastating in 25 knots of breeze! At the same time, the Cruising spinnaker” was introduced. Based on a symmetrical spinnaker with a shortened leech and the tack attached to the headstay, the sails were usable on a reach but their symmetric, draftaft shape kept them from being good performers. ‘In the late 1970s, Australian 16 foot skiffs accelerated development of asymmetric design. These high speedplaning
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