Nacra 5.0 Jib - Kangaroo Sails

Whether it is a relaxed day sail or a club race, the Nacra 5.0 jib from Kangaroo Sails comes in the right cut for the job. You combine one of three sail cuts with the cloth you want, the batten type and, if you like, a window.

Sail cuts for the Nacra 5.0

• Easy, for leisure sailors: durable white Dacron with panels at right angles to the leech. The sail uses few panels and therefore few seams that can fail, and is economical to make. Flat, horizontal reinforcements.
• Beach, for leisure and club racing sailors: radial cut with panels from the head, tack and clew (2 from the head, 6 from the tack and clew). The cloth follows the loads in the sail, and there are only a few seams. Radial reinforcements.
• Hightech, for racing sailors: radial cut with 3 panels from the head, 6 from the clew and 1 from the tack. With more panels the cloth is matched even better to the loads and the profile can be set more finely. Radial, fully bonded reinforcements.

Configuration

• Cloth: white Dacron, Pentex (black, smoke, white, silver) or Mylar (smoke, blue, white, green, red)
• Window-film panel: yes or no
• Battens: full-length, for a furling system, or straight
• Qbond option (yes or no): the panels are joined with the patented Q-Bond process, bonded under high pressure instead of stitched – no needle holes, so the sail is lighter, holds its shape better and lasts longer.

The cloths in detail

• Dacron: woven polyester sailcloth, easy to handle and long-lasting.
• Pentex: three-layer laminate for racing and cruising sailors. The Pentex fibre core provides high strength and shape stability at low weight, with Mylar film outside; the layers are bonded under pressure.
• Mylar: laminate with the same construction, but with polyester fibres.

Compatible with

• Nacra 5.0