Thank you for the sail dims, i will compare them with Samu, she has sailspar spars and the surveyor i employed who did his apprenticeship building iroquois though it to be original, im not a purest by any means (faster the better but nice to know the original specks.

Hi Dirk,
Thank you for your recommendation to make use of a High Aspect jib, Samu has a roller furling system on her at present so to find the correct all round sail is important, I want to find the best “beating” sail as i can??. We seem to be beating mostly and can use a spinnaker of some sorts for running (The reacher sounds good Martin)
I am interested in you old sail Dirk thank you and may be able to arrange shipping, dose it have a bolt rope for roller furling system?
Like martin i would be interested to know the dimensions of the HA Jib.

Thanks
Paul

Your high aspect ratio jib sounds very interesting. Can you give us its dimensions?

I also use just one jib on a roller furling gear, but mine is more like a 110 % genoa.

Off the wind in light to medium airs I use an old spinnaker (one day I hope to buy a nice reacher, a good bit flatter than my old spinny).

Martin
Ambler #121

In addition to the comments of Andrew and Martin, I recommend to make use of a High Aspect jib. This concept started in the late ’70s, proved brilliant and now most new designed monohulls take a HA as the standard ( =only) jib. Tacking becomes a piece of cake.

It works great for the iroquois as well. I decided on a new set of sails this winter, along with the installation of a furler for the jib. To avoid any sailchange on the foredeck I chose to have a HA only ( so no genoa) and have special inlays to ensure a neat sail profile even in case of furling down to 50 percent.
Only in case of very light wind and closer than 90 degree to the wind this will result in lower than possible boatspeed. More time to enjoy and relax there.
So basically the idea is: make it simple and comfortable for yourself, get rid of 4 jibs and choose the “perfect” compromise.

By the way, my previous HA is still in pretty good condition. For a friendly price it’s yours, although you have to come and collect it yourself in NL!

Dirk Roukema
Aponivi #260

The IOA has several drawings showing sail sizes, but they are not marked with the Sailcraft company logo, so I cannot be sure they are original manufacturer’s drawings.

However, drawing 7 seems to be a professional job. It says ‘Iroquois Mk II’ on it, and gives the following sail dimensions:

Mainsail luff 31ft 2in, foot 11ft 9in, leech 33ft
Storm trysail luff 16ft, leech 14ft 7in, foot 7ft 6in
No 2 jib luff 22ft 2in, leech 16ft 9in, foot 11ft 6in, tack strop 2ft 0in
No 1 jib luff 30ft 2in, leech 24ft 0in, foot 13ft 8in, tack strop 2ft 0in
150% genoa luff 36ft 1in, leech 32ft 1in, foot 16ft 9in, tack strop 8in
180% genoa luff 36ft 1in, leech 35ft, foot 19ft 9in, tack strop 1ft 0in

I agree with Andrew that that the sail sizes may have been changed, perhaps when new spars were fitted. I would measure the sail track lengths and the forestay, and discuss those dimensions with your sailmaker. The position of the jib sheet tracks and blocks is also important. I have found that an extra block is needed on the cabin top when my jib is well reefed (it’s on a roller furling gear).

Regards,

Martin

Yes that would be great in an ideal world but i am looking to get some second hand and wanted to know the original speck to have an idea of what she was designed with, I think spars are original but i will measure to be sure and can check sizes with the original as well.

I have started shaping my dagger boards today (: looking good, i will take some picks and start a post soon.

Happy Sailing
Paul

Have your sail maker come down and measure your boat. A lot of the boats have been changed an the original Sail dimensions may not fit. Talk to your sail maker and tell them the type of sailing you want to do most often.Your sails can be tuned to you. The original sail dimensions covered a very wide range of sailing for very different people. Happy Sailing to you.

Andrew

Great photos and I second Martin’s comment on the white paint.

I guess that spare bit of mast above the sheaves originally accomodated the float? I cut my excess off when I had the mast down one year (the float was already gone). Gotta lose weight where you can!

Kerry

This is the official site of the Iroquois Owners Association, and those who register on this site automatically become members of the Iroquois Owners Association.

We have access to a great deal of information and assistance, so we’d like you to use our site. But of course you’re free to use the Yahoo site too!

I don’t think we have any dimensioned floor plans among our drawings, but do have a look at the drawing list – click on Archives and follow the links to the drawings list.

A common interior modification is to remove the ‘dip’ in the saloon floor, to allow camping chairs and tables to be used. On my boat I have also removed the main table and the folding chart table, and the seat at the chart table position has been modified to make it more comfortable. On some boats the heads have been moved forward into the port bow to make more space in the centre of the port hull.

Because of the lack of headroom forward of the mast, some boats use this area as storage space or as a double bunk. I have put a fairly large hinged window in the saloon rear bulkhead, so you can see out in an aft direction from the saloon with the doors shut.

Best wishes,

Martin Corrick
Chair, IOA

As you say, there is a lot of information on this site, and many owners willing to share their experience. Any questions, just let us know!

Thanks for those great pictures – interesting to see your boat’s all-white interior, which I reckon is a good idea and makes it much lighter – another job I’ll have to get round to one day!

Happy sailing,

Martin (chair, IOA)