This sail is closer in shape to a traditional drifter than a spinnaker. It has a nearly straight luff, a mid girth about 60-65% of the sail’s foot length. The sail is very flat and is designed for close reaching.
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The Code Zero for these boats can be used as soon as the boat bears off from a beat. Many modern cruising boats come with large mainsails and non-overlapping jibs because that sail-plan is easier for couples to handle. UK Sailmakers offers two different Cruising Code sails depending on whether your boat has an overlapping genoa or a non-overlapping genoa. When not constrained by rating rules, cruising sailors have a lot more options on the size and shape of a “code” sail. The Code Zero got around the rule by measuring in as a very narrow-flat spinnaker with a shape similar to a reaching genoa.
Code Zero was initially an attempt to circumvent a rating rule by making a large genoa for close reaching on boats that were measured with non-overlapping genoas. The Code Zero is a cross between a genoa and an asymmetrical spinnaker that is used for sailing close to the wind in light air. Photos courtesy Berckemeyer Yacht Design.
The Cruising Spinnaker is bigger and rounder and designed for broad-reaching. Notice how the Code Zero is a much flatter “triangular” shaped sail that is designed for close reaching.
Shown above is a Berckemeyer 45 with a Cruising Code Zero (left) and a Cruising Spinnaker (right).
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