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Ok sailors--want to help me spend some money??

I've got a new 29' cruiser/racer (a C&C sloop); presently equipped
with a good North main and a roller-furled 135% cruising
genoa (Hood twin foil system).  Now, sometimes (say 4 or
5 Sundays in the spring & fall round the buoys club races
and maybe 2 or 3 long-distance races) I like to get 
competitive.  If money were no object I'd just buy a full
wardrobe of racing and cruising sails.  Unfortunately, $$ are
a little dear, and next year I can only see my way clear
to two new headsails and a spinnaker.  The added headsails will
be primarily for racing, and the spinnaker for both uses.
Incidently, the area of operation is Lake Ontario, and average
winds in the May to October period (we northeners actually
lay-up for six months of the year!) are 10 to 12 knots in
the peak wind early afternoon.  Chop is typically a moderate
2 to 3 feet except in storms, and peak winds rarely exceed
30 knots.
After consulting the books (Ross primarily), reading an
article in last month's Yacht Racing/Cruising, and much 
agonizing on my own I had made the following mental
decision:
	heavy #1 mylar (153% LP)
	#3 (~105%) dacron
	3/4 oz. general-use tri-radial
I had not planned on putting reefing on the #3, but after
reflection, I may have this reefable to a #4 (seldom used
in this area, anyhow).  My general feeling was this would
make me marginally competitive (I'm *really* a casual racer),
and the following year I could fill in with a light #1, a
1.5 oz. spinnaker, and a #2.

Then some of my racing *buddys* really confused me by saying
my decision (for the coming year's purchase) was wrong; what
I really needed was a "universal" #1 (say 6 to 16 knots
apparent), and a #2 reefable to a #3.  They didn't question
my spinnaker selection.  I don't like this approach for
several reasons:
	*  I dislike reefing genoas
	*  the added reefing clew patch adds leech weight (and shake)
	to the #2, and results in an inefficient #3 when reefed
	*  although I may be marginally more compettitive
	next year, the following year I would be stuck with
	an inferior inventory for the same $ expenditure

Comments?  Sarcasm?  Any informed help would be appreciated.

		sam