New Mainsail Video
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:30 pm
Well sorry no picts yet...
My camera slid across the cushion and onto the cockpit floor and jammed the shutter so the picts I was taking were mostly black!
I was going to list all the details of the sail and will if I find my itimized receipt ...
But it is Loose footed for the reasons already discussed... and && saved
I didn't go with full battens because it's a high aspect sail, and unless racing wouldn't improve performance that much that I'd notice anyway, $$ saved
It is 6.5 oz Dacron, cut so it's relatively flat. With the loose foot I can deepen it in light air and it's stronger in heavy air.
Carbon Fiber headboard, reinforced in the tack and clew of coarse, strong slides, and that leech tightening line is a heavier than normal size also.
IMG_9486 by bhacurly, on Flickr
IMG_9463 by bhacurly, on Flickr
I have a single, DEEP reef, almost a foot highter than before. Rationale for this was it was a flatter cut, loose foot that I will be better able to control in stronger winds. My rigger felt I would reef less often than with my old main, and if I really want the second reef he could put one in later, but the deep reef would be good in strong winds, and yes he knew I was out last year in 70 mph gusts.
I'm still adjusting my tack for best trim and in the video you can see it's loose above the gooseneck, well I forgot it was taller than my old main a bit and it was run up all the way to the top of the mast, I needed to bring the boom down some at the gooseneck, when I did the next time out, well I have two bumps on my noggin from the boom being about 6 inches lower than I'm used too...
Almost forgot, here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bhacurly?fe ... yULWR5tPOo
My camera slid across the cushion and onto the cockpit floor and jammed the shutter so the picts I was taking were mostly black!
I was going to list all the details of the sail and will if I find my itimized receipt ...
But it is Loose footed for the reasons already discussed... and && saved
I didn't go with full battens because it's a high aspect sail, and unless racing wouldn't improve performance that much that I'd notice anyway, $$ saved
It is 6.5 oz Dacron, cut so it's relatively flat. With the loose foot I can deepen it in light air and it's stronger in heavy air.
Carbon Fiber headboard, reinforced in the tack and clew of coarse, strong slides, and that leech tightening line is a heavier than normal size also.
IMG_9486 by bhacurly, on Flickr
IMG_9463 by bhacurly, on Flickr
I have a single, DEEP reef, almost a foot highter than before. Rationale for this was it was a flatter cut, loose foot that I will be better able to control in stronger winds. My rigger felt I would reef less often than with my old main, and if I really want the second reef he could put one in later, but the deep reef would be good in strong winds, and yes he knew I was out last year in 70 mph gusts.
I'm still adjusting my tack for best trim and in the video you can see it's loose above the gooseneck, well I forgot it was taller than my old main a bit and it was run up all the way to the top of the mast, I needed to bring the boom down some at the gooseneck, when I did the next time out, well I have two bumps on my noggin from the boom being about 6 inches lower than I'm used too...
Almost forgot, here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bhacurly?fe ... yULWR5tPOo
