Whats the differences between the R-2 and the Bruin Spinnakers?
The R-2 spinnaker is more expensive due to the Airx fabric we use. This is the latest in spinnaker cloth and is plenty light (very close to the class minimum) but also a better, stronger fabric. Couple this with the fancy radial layout and it is a durable sail indeed. The other advantage of a Radial layout is that because of the more controlled stretch we can build the spinnaker fuller for downwind sailing knowing that when stuck on a reach in breeze, the sail won’t grow and become much fuller. The R-2 is a decent reaching spinnaker where the Bruin, while it performs ok on a reach, certainly wasn’t designed to be our fastest reacher. The R-2 is the spinnaker that was 1,3,4,5 at the 2005 NAS. Having said all this I still believe that there is a place for the Bruin spinnaker. It has proven to still be a quick spinnaker, especially downwind. It is a great choice especially where pricing is a consideration. For many years it was the sail “of choice” and it won its share of NAS. However, if
